On top of all the other reasons given above, Memorial Day weekend always arrives at gas crunch time. It’s near the beginning of the summer driving season. And it’s near the time when refineries change over from fuel oil to gas and from winter gas to mandated summer gas.
The topic of high priced gasoline arises nearly every Memorial Day weekend.
Oh, of course. I was really only mildly disappointed, and thought it’d be a better editorial for tomorrow, Tuesday. It’s mainly because the Journal usually has holiday-specific editorials, such as the annual “In Hoc Anno Domini” one they reprint every Christmas.
Also, it’s just rubbed me the wrong way for a while now that Memorial Day is just the “Official Start of Summer” instead of what it was originally intended to be. Of course, you could say something similar about any holiday these days.