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Default Memorial Weekend in my city.


"Pico Rico" > wrote in message
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> "ImStillMags" > wrote in message
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>> Bellingham hosts Ski To Sea each Memorial Day. It's a huge multi part
>> race from Mt. Baker to the ocean.
>>
>> If you are not familiar you can read about it here. There's tons of
>> stuff on the website but this will give you an overview.
>>
>> http://www.skitosea.com/content/about/about.asp
>>
>> Saturday was the Grand Parade....which looks pretty much like any
>> grand parade in any
>> smaller city. (Bellingham is about 85 thousand). Here's a picture
>> gallery. You can
>> see the diversity of peoples and activities around here reflected in
>> the parade. The paper did an ok job of pictures but I would have
>> loved more shots from above, etc. There was lots more that didn't
>> make it into the paper.
>>
>> http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012...rade-2012.html

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> looks like a lot of people having fun, but not much in the way of MEMORIAL
> DAY.


It is interesting that between Memorial Day and Veterans' Day, Memorial
Day should be the more solemn of the two. I give them a generation more
to become completely blurred and irrelevant.

pavane