Monday is Memorial Day, the national holiday that marks the beginning of travel season and the unofficial start of summer. This weekend is considered Memorial Day weekend. I pause to ask, who decided all the holidays get an entire weekend? I bet it's a thinly veiled corporate agenda to push people to shop. Anyway, back to Memorial Day.Memorial Day has a long and storied history dating back to the Civil War and bitter Southerners. In recent history a 1971 federal law cemented the status of several holidays along with Memorial Day, including Columbus Day, Veterans Day, and Presidents' Day. We all used to get those days off, nowadays many corporations only observe Memorial Day because of the days designation as summer's dawn.
Memorial Day also signals an increase in gas prices. CNNMoney.com featured a story
that said AAA predicted the number of Americans hitting the road will drop for the first time since 2002. The reasons for the decrease should come as no surprise. The article pointed out the "the national average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline rose to a record $3.78" an increase of "39 cents from a month ago and about 68 cents - 18% - higher than this time last year."-- A freebie. I didn't know where to include this but thought you may want to know the truth about Hilary Clinton and John McCain's gas-tax holiday proposals.
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