Rog, Memorial Day is on Mon, because they've moved almost all of our holidays to Mon. (It's been on Mon for as long as I can remember, though.) It's similar to a bank holiday.

Memorial Day
Jeri, May 24 2002,
With love

Every year I come here to remember those who fell
The friends I lost and others, who never lived to tell
The vision many people have is of war that never ends
But I come here, not for memories of war, but to remember them - my friends

Some believe that war is grand - it's pomp and brass-band glory
But those who died, they all had names and each one, their own story
Folks imagine heroes brave and bold and hear the battle cry
But I knew them - frightened, homesick souls who didn't want to die

And in my dreams and quiet moments, sometimes they do come home
Not in some ghostly regiment, but one by one, alone
Sometimes I remember how they lived and laughed and cried
And sometimes I remember how they died

I'm not saying war is always wrong, nor is it always right
But we must look for causes worth our lives in the wars we choose to fight
For ghostly voices of the fallen, they remind us of the cost
But they speak little of the prizes their sacrifices won or lost

And every year, I'll come here to remember those who fell
The friends I lost and others, who never lived to tell
And when the stars shine in the silent night, and this long day finally ends
I'll raise a glass, not to glory, but to those who died - my friends