For people all over the United States, Memorial Day weekend has always been spent honoring the sacrifice of our service members, and it also means summer fun is officially ON.
Unofficial Kickoff to Summer
I know summer doesn’t technically begin until June 21, but anyone who has survived an Illinois winter knows Memorial Day weekend is the real kickoff.
We’ve spent too many months being stuck indoors wrapped up in sweaters and blankets. We made it through the multiple personalities of spring, and the weather is finally beginning to warm up consistently…we owe it to ourselves to go out and soak up some sunshine!
Memorial Day weekend tends to be the first big weekend where everybody suddenly emerges from hibernation wearing flip-flops, firing up grills, and pretending 68 degrees is “pool weather.”…