Every summer holiday has one thing in common – I celebrate with a cookout. Memorial Day? Cookout. Flag Day? Cookout. My wife’s birthday falls in June, so it’s a cookout.  Indepedence Day?  Obviously.  Labor Day? Last cookout of the summer. If you’re celebrating… anything… this summer, a cookout is the way to go. All cookouts [...]

“That’s the day the pool opens,” said a group of kids visiting the U.S. Capital, when they were asked what Memorial Day was. It may be true that the holiday was deliberately placed at the beginning of summer — one theory is that this time of year was chosen because, by then, all regions of [...]

Memorial Day is a day set aside to honor those who have served our country with pride and dignity and for those whose sacrifices provided us with the freedoms we enjoy today. Memorial Day (at first called Decoration Day) is always commemorated on the last Monday in May. It is an important day for all [...]