For the non Americans among us Memorial Day itself is to remember those who died while serving in the country's armed forces. The three day Memorial Day Weekend is seen as the unofficial start of summer with many BBQ's and picnics being held to celebrate.
Here in the UK we too have a Public Holiday on Monday - Whitsun.
My guess is that for many people reading this post the long weekend in past years would have meant three days of drinking, three days of hangovers and three days of not doing much at all. Memorial Day would ironically be a time of no memory.
This year why not join with us and get the most out of the extended weekend by staying sober and drug free and actually enjoy ourselves instead.
PS I had some disturbing personal news which meant that I could not participate in the thread properly. Hopefully all will be fine this week and I would like to give a huge thank you for all if your messages of support.
