Hey everybody, have a great holiday weekend!

[plasticman33]

BBQ time, drink beer, eat a lot!

 

[herpesface]

And look out for some cream for me,,,,,

 

[wizbit9]

what holiday are you celebrating on the other side of the pond

 

[plasticman33]

It's our Memorial Day, honoring the the dead of all wars!

 

[wizbit9]

will there be a special announcment or service for the sept 11th victims

 

[Guest]

The same to you, Plastic!!

 

[wizbit9]

is there also something you wear as a symbol of your thoughts

her in u.k we wear a red poppy which you donate change toward the war pensioners

 

[Linedrive]

Flanders fields or something like that...?

 

[DéjàNu]

BBQ time, drink beer, eat a lot!

yep good 3 days off.... have fun!!!

Your chatte

 

[Linedrive]

I don't claim to be an expert on this, just listening to radio this am. Supposedly after the civil war (1861-1865) the women from the south would go decorate the war graves of the southern soldiers. There was a poem or story written about this.

The north (Union) celebrated their own "veterans day" on a different date. After WWI is when the holiday came to honor all of America's dead killed during wars, not just the civil war. This is when one of the Presidents adopted it as a holiday.

 

[desert spike]

is there also something you wear as a symbol of your thoughts

her in u.k we wear a red poppy which you donate change toward the war pensioners

The members of veterans of foreign wars organizations around the US sell those red poppies too at this time of year. They have been accepting donations out in front of the grocery stores for the past week or so.

 

[estevie]

BBQ time, drink beer, eat a lot!

I'm still recovering from the last drunken folly...but I'll eat!

Have a great weekend, sweetness!