At the time of this writing, President Biden and Vice President Harris had their staff pre-schedule unusual Memorial Day Weekend-themed social media posts.
The former’s account bears a picture of POTUS with a young girl and ice cream in tow, tweeting, “Stay cool this weekend, folks”, while the VP’s account features a picture of her with the caption “Enjoy the long weekend.”
Talk about tone deaf and dense.
Here’s what Memorial Day Weekend is actually about.
The Origins of Memorial Day Weekend
How did Memorial Day Weekend get its start? Why do we honor our fallen servicemen and women on this day?
According to the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Memorial Day was first observed as “Decoration Day” on May 5th, 1868—about three years after the Civil War concluded. It was first observed on May 30th.