Quagsire Posted May 27, 2016 What do you plan on doing for that day when it comes? 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted May 27, 2016 I plan on getting it mixed up with Labor Day, as usual. Why they can't give these things readily comprehensible names like "Spring Bank Holiday", I don't know. 0 Share this post Link to post
HavoX Posted May 27, 2016 Nothing. My parents might plan on visiting the cemetery, but I haven't heard from them yet... 0 Share this post Link to post
Breezeep Posted May 27, 2016 Sitting around at home, playing videogames, maybe walking the dogs. 0 Share this post Link to post
Quagsire Posted May 27, 2016 Grazza said:I plan on getting it mixed up with Labor Day, as usual. Why they can't give these things readily comprehensible names like "Spring Bank Holiday", I don't know. It may have to do with a certain event in the past, or to probably honor the fallen soldiers who died during the Cold War and WWII. 0 Share this post Link to post
Remilia Scarlet Posted May 27, 2016 If I'm not mistaken, here in the US, Memorial Day "memorializes" the soldiers who died while serving. Veterans Day honors all veterans and soldiers, dead or not. Labor Day honors the labor movement, though why it's not on May 1st is beyond me. What's interesting is that Commonwealth Nations celebrate Remembrance Day on the same day we celebrate Veterans Day. But, Remembrance Day is more like our Memorial Day than our Veterans Day. Anyway, I'll probably spend it at my mom's house, eating grilled food. Then I'll probably come home and play a video game or two. Basically the same thing I do every year because I really don't celebrate it. 0 Share this post Link to post
june gloom Posted May 27, 2016 It was originally to honor fallen Civil War soldiers and was eventually extended to cover all American military dead. Playing Wolfenstein 3D's how I roll with Memorial Day. Might also watch the first Captain America. 0 Share this post Link to post
Master O Posted May 27, 2016 yukib1t said:If I'm not mistaken, here in the US, Memorial Day "memorializes" the soldiers who died while serving. Veterans Day honors all veterans and soldiers, dead or not. Labor Day honors the labor movement, though why it's not on May 1st is beyond me. May 1st is Labor Day, as celebrated by Communism all over the world. During the Cold War, the US changed Labor Day to September so as not to be associated with the Communist one. 0 Share this post Link to post
Protester Posted May 27, 2016 visit the cemetery, memorial ceremonies. Honor the fallen... don't forget the meaning of the holiday, fellas. Don't take it for granted... 0 Share this post Link to post
Quagsire Posted May 28, 2016 I wonder if Fort Bragg has a cemetery near it. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kontra Kommando Posted May 28, 2016 I'm going to eat barbecue, and drink beer and hard liquor. 0 Share this post Link to post
Quagsire Posted May 28, 2016 Kontra Kommando said:I'm going to eat barbecue, and drink beer and hard liquor. The fallen ones would be proud. ;) 0 Share this post Link to post
Kontra Kommando Posted May 28, 2016 Sgt Ender said:The fallen ones would be proud. ;) Their sacrifice is why we can enjoy ourselves. I will definitely have some drinks in their honor. My grandfather fought in WWII. His brother died while serving. My grandmother's brothers also died in battle. 0 Share this post Link to post
sudo459 Posted May 28, 2016 Going to enjoy my military discount at some restaurant probably. Though thinking about it, that does seem a little selfish... 0 Share this post Link to post
PureSlime Posted May 28, 2016 Being Canadian, where we don't have Memorial Day, as usual. 0 Share this post Link to post
Phml Posted May 28, 2016 Surely, you must mean Mother's Day. Silly dyslexic yankees. 0 Share this post Link to post
Tritnew Posted May 28, 2016 Gonna kick on some Pink Floyd The Wall, maybe some of The Final Cut. That's the music way of saluting to our fallen soldiers. 0 Share this post Link to post