>>FWIW, Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day, because people went out to the cemetary and decorated (with flowers and ribbons, presumably) the graves of the war dead. As I understand it, in much of the South, Memorial Day is still controversial. Della Martin told me about places she knew where Memorial Day was the last day of school.
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>... and Labor Day being the first day of school when we used to start in September. Now, I can't think of many schools that don't start in August. Starting Labor Day, I think, was an anti-union thang.

Interesting. In my area, most schools still start after Labor Day, though many of the teachers report the week before.

Tamar