REMEMBERING,,MAY 30TH

    SUNDAY, MAY 30, 2021

  REMEMBERING MAY 30TH

  Through much of my life May

30th was Memorial Day. Although

when I was a kid most folks still

called it Decoration Day. Strange

how both the name and date

changed over the years! Decoration

Day began around the end of the

Civil War. Several communities,

including Boalsburg, Pennsylvania,

claim to have been the first to observe

the holiday although the records

officially give the credit to Waterloo,

New York. The name "Decoration Day"

came from the practice of decorating

the graves of Civil War veterans. It

sort of evolved into Memorial Day

over the years. The date was 

changed to the last Monday in May

when it became an official Federal

holiday. That wasn't until 1971 when

the Uniform Monday Holiday Law

was adopted to give federal workers

4 long weekends during the year,

The main purpose of the day, of course,

has never changed. It's to pay tribute

to all of those who sacrificed their lives

for our country. So whatever the day is

or was called, make sure you make time

between bar-b-q's and family gatherings,

take time to remember those for whom

the holiday was created! Hope you do,

that you're well, and that all your NEWS

is hood!