Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
What a weekend we have planned in Indianapolis! Few cities will have as many visitors this weekend! Of course, we always have this little thing called the Indy 500 (estimated crowd of 400,000-the largest sporting event in the world) but now we have something else! Our Indiana Pacers are fighting the Boston Celtics in the Final Four of the NBA with games to be played Saturday night and Monday night in downtown Indianapolis.
Weekend sports schedule in Indianapolis:
Saturday 8pm- Celtics at Pacers (game 3 of the Eastern Conference Championship) Sunday 12 noon (start of the Indy 500) Monday 8pm- Celtics at Pacers (game 4)
Then lets get back to why we have a three day weekend in the first place. Frankly, we want to place the real importance of this holiday weekend where it is due. Sports are nice, but giving your life for your country must to be remembered!
A small bit of trivia you may not know. The U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs says that Memorial Day is celebrated in late May because that is when flowers will be blooming everywhere across America. In fact, the predecessor to Memorial Day (until 1868) was called Decoration Day. Decoration Day allowed citizens of the USA to decorate the graves of deceased veterans with fresh flowers!
This year, we have much to be thankful for. At 3pm, local time, Monday, please observe the National Moment of Remembrance. At this time we all can remember, for just a moment, those who died while serving in the U.S. military. If not for the freedoms they fought and earned for us, we would all surely have much different lives.
And a much different weekend planned.
Always Remember!
WILMOTH Team | 
