Memorial Day - Columbus

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Columbus has a Memorial Day Parade, as was described to me "It’s everything that the Independence Day parade is not. All local, small, and keeps the real intent of the original from “Decoration Day”. High School marching band, middle school marching band and elementary school kids with flowers for the soldier’s monument in front of City Hall. After the reading of the order of the day we all walk up the middle of James Street to Lewis and across the bridge to the cemetery where there is a short program"

Memorial day used to be called Decoration Day and was first used to honor the Union solders of the American Civil War in 1868 and was expanded to include all American casualties of war after WWI. It became a federal holiday in 1971.

There is actually a Confederate Memorial Day and is celebrated on April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; on May 10 in North Carolina and South Carolina; on May 30 in Virginia; and on June 3 in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee.

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Went to see Star Trek yesterday and we totally enjoyed it. Excellent movie. Some comedy, lots of action. Very very good outer space movie - NOT geeky. Good God the last Star Wars I saw was 100% geekdom. After 15 minutes I really wanted to leave the theater. If after seeing Trek you want to see another very very good outer space movie check out Serenity - LOTS of people you will recognize from current TV shows. Adam Baldwin being very Adam Baldwin-ish (now in the RENEWED CHUCK), Nathan Fillion now in Castle, Summer Glau in the canceled Terminator, Alan Tudyk in Dollhouse.

Serenity had such a good story not like most outer space movies. Star Trek was great because while you really did not have to know the "future" old shows it made it more entertaining.

However - what is up with Uhura and spock. Spock you little devil ;-)
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One year ago NEXT Friday this happened.

Perhaps we should have a 1 year reunion at the Kurth?
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The clay garden looks to be almost 3 weeks ahead of last year (no flood no flood). This is it's third year and it is really looking great.

The lasagna garden in it's 2nd year is slow with some bare spots and some green things I'm not sure WHAT they are. It looks a LITTLE better then this but it's more of a middle summer bloomer anyway.

I had to replace some perennials that did not come back. Plus all of the Jolly Bee Geraniums did not make it - all 4. I've heard from others that there's did not make it either.

My Sweet Autumn Clematis did not make it either.

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OH - I was watching some morning show and Blagojevich and his wife were on talking about how SHE will be on a reality show so they can "pay their bills". when they asked Rod Blagojevich about all of his federal charges he said he was innocent and he liked himself to Teddy Roosevelt and Truman.

Yea . . . . .OK . . . .whatever.

Have a great weekend.

Rod