sunday

[donsilvercat]

tomorrow is memorial day (in the usa) It really seems as if the whole city has left for the "holiday". Calling yesterday met with a steady string of answering machines and I do not think any cars have passed all morning. Weather has been cool and this is a favorite travel time. Spent some time experimenting with the alarm system.. it has many

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[paniwi]

I'm glad there was a trace of rain, it said so in your previous post. And it sounds like your new security system is really nifty! Buttons! We just use an old-fashioned key over here, and we have smoke-detectors, those are important I think.

What exactly is memorial day?

[donsilvercat]

Memorial day is observed the last Monday in May. It honors those who fought in wars for the usa. There used to be days for each war but more recently memorial day is used to honor all those who died in any of the wars (so many now) Veterans and the families of the dead soldiers decorate the graves and there are speeches and other observations.

[donsilvercat]

the rain today was in addition to the trace previously (that was very light, hardly a rain at all) Today there was a heavy downpour but it was very short. we need a steady light rain for several days.

[paniwi]

Ah I see, much like our fourth of May, we used to only remember those fallen in the second world war, but now we remember all who died in wars since that time.

thank you for explaining.