Last Monday, May 26^th, we observed Memorial Day – rightly dedicated to those who have fallen in serving our country. It is a serious day of remembrance.  The first Memorial Day was recognized on May 30^th 1868 and was called Decoration Day, a day when communities decorated the gravesites of their soldiers.  History says it started right here in Upstate New York, in Waterloo.  It stayed that way until Congress passed the Uniform Holiday Bill in 1968 that moved Memorial Day to the last Monday of the month.  We did it for convenience, so that we could have three day holidays weekends, that stores could have Memorial Day sales and we could plan trips to visit and have cookouts and barbecues.  But, did we really have to make this day so convenient?  Moving a Columbus Day holiday to a Monday is different than moving Memorial Day.  For 100 years we had a tradition of Memorial Day on May 30^th.  It was good for all those generations.  But now we need the convenience.  It’s such a disgrace – I’ll have a day in remembrance that you died so I could live free, but I just want to make it convenient.  What kind of thanks is that?  It should be moved back. That would a statement of remembrance.