It should come as no surprise to you that this weekend is Memorial Day weekend. It’s the unofficial start of summer but more important, it’s a time to honor our military veterans.

Yes, the three-day celebration includes picnics, summer outings and barbecues but it also includes parades and ceremonies, most on Monday, that pay tribute to our fallen heroes.

Every year we do a Memorial Day editorial. Some times we run it on Memorial Day, other times we pick the Sunday before. This year the editorial is running on Sunday, May 29.
It talks about the history of the holiday and its purpose is to urge you to remember our veterans.

The editorial is a bit redundant. We try to update it yearly but it basically says the same thing. Normally in journalism, we try to avoid redundancies but sometimes it’s important to repeat a message and this case, also give thanks.

We believe you can’t thank our veterans enough for keeping America free and allowing us to celebrate picnics, cookouts, etc..

So, we’re going to be redundant in this blog, too.

Take a minute during this weekend and attend a special service honoring our veterans. There are numerous ones planned, mostly on Monday, and the Oakland Press will be running throughout this week a calendar of events.

If you can’t attend one of these programs in person, then at least take a moment during the weekend, as you celebrate summer and all of the activities that accompany it, and give thanks to our veterans for keeping us free.