re: [lace-chat] greetings on Memorial Day, too

2004-05-25 Thread Bev Walker
Hi all and v. sorry T. > And, hey, please don't rush it on us; In my hasty look at the calendar I saw both Victoria Day and MEmorial day on the same square but neglected to notice the '31' beside the latter - oops! but hey chat's been slow, after I realized I was a week out I thought maybe the di

Re: [lace-chat] greetings on Memorial Day, too

2004-05-24 Thread Alice Howell
At 09:54 AM 5/24/2004, you wrote: What are some traditions related to Memorial Day? The traditional USA Memorial Day is May 30th. Our commercially-wise government decided 3-day weekends were desirable, so changed several holidays to always be on a Monday, thus -- 3 day holiday weekends. And th

Re: Fwd: [lace-chat] greetings on Memorial Day, too

2004-05-24 Thread Weronika Patena
Isn't Memorial Day next Monday? Weronika On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 11:18:07AM -0600, Vasna Zago wrote: > >Bev said: > >Hi everyone, and to my American buddies - may you all have a pleasant day. > >I don't know if "Happy" is appropriate as it is to honour the war dead. > >What are some traditions re

Fwd: [lace-chat] greetings on Memorial Day, too

2004-05-24 Thread Vasna Zago
Bev said: Hi everyone, and to my American buddies - may you all have a pleasant day. I don't know if "Happy" is appropriate as it is to honour the war dead. What are some traditions related to Memorial Day? Well, first and most exciting: everyone gets the day off. :-> Many people fly the flag on

[lace-chat] greetings on Memorial Day, too

2004-05-24 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone, and to my American buddies - may you all have a pleasant day. I don't know if "Happy" is appropriate as it is to honour the war dead. What are some traditions related to Memorial Day? -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED