CANCELING MEMORIAL DAY?
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James Joyner | Tuesday, April 29, 2003 |
Inoperable Terran notes with some dismay that the Alexandria VA schools, near the Pentagon, have canceled the Memorial Day holiday in order to make up for days lost to snow. As I noted in his Comments section*, although it sounds bad, I guess it’s the most logical solution. I mean, really, even though I’m a vet and my dad’s a vet, it’s not like I spend Memorial Day mourning the dead and appreciating their sacrifice. I suspect that’s much more the case for schoolchildren. Indeed, they’d be more likely to do something more Memorial Day-esque were they in school.
*And, no, I didn’t do it so he’d blogroll me. He already has. Heh.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia.
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