Well, Jim, I won't comment on the Senator's wish to change the holday to a day other than Friday or Monday, but I do think he has a point regarding the way the day is observed. It should be a day when we honor those who made the supreme sacrifice so that we CAN enjoy more three day holidays, don't you think? That can as easily be done at the nearby lake or fishing stream or picnic spot, as in a church, or listening to political speeches I think. Where I come from, though, political speeches were reserved more for the Fourth of July.

One would think, reading ads in the newspapers that Memorial Day was established to sell more furniture and mattresses.

Just one more comment: the Republican Party doesn't have a franchise on politicians that are fuddy duddies. Both parties appear to me to have their fair share.

DougR