Reply to "Confederate Holidays"

Bill GrayOld Faithful

Hi all,

I remember, in 1969, after relocating from California to Huntsville -- my wife asked a friend to go shopping. The friend told her, "The stores are closed today. It is Memorial Day."

My wife, an Oklahoma girl, told her, "This is not Memorial Day."

And, our friend told her, "It is Confederate Memorial Day."

At that time, neither of us realized that there was a different Memorial Day for the South -- and I am a Southerner.

Personally, while I am proud to be a Southerner, especially an Alabama Southerner, and I love studying Southern history and Civil War history -- it would seem that we should have one national day to recognize and honor ALL of our war dead -- regardless in which war they died.

God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,

Bill

4/27/106:49 PM

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