I was flipping through the latest catalogue from Sam’s Club when I saw that there were flag cakes and red, white & blue cupcakes listed in the Fall Favorites section.
I had to pause and think about that one for a moment and then—I think—I got it.
It’s not a Labor Day thing, I don’t think.
It’s a 9-11 thing, isn’t it?
And it’s turning into a Memorial Day Sale kind of thing, isn’t it?
I don’t have a problem with getting together to honor the dead. I do have a problem with it if it turns into an excuse for a party and/or a long weekend.
*To the credit of the people who designed the Sam’s Club magazine (which is chockful of really good recipes and cooking hints, I might add, and which can be viewed on-line here), they did not include September 11th on their list of key dates in September. Am I just way off in my above supposition? Is it a Labor Day thing?
I just flipped ahead in my wall calendar and lo & behold, printed on September 11th are the words: Patriot Day.
I thought the same thing, we got our Sam’s Club catalog this week too! I did not even think of 9/11. I thought maybe this was supposed to come out a few weeks ago for the 4th of July. I guess flags are in. It’s a good thing to be in!
Happy 1 year blog anniversary to you!!! I don’t like the name “blog” it somehow lessens what all you do, it is much more than a “blog”! How about “support line”? Happy day to you!
I think my name is black because I cannot get a username…I’ve tried and there is no place where google gives this…I can get my name blue by signing up every time for the google account, but it is like 5 more steps each time…sorry!
It might be Veteran’s Day or Election Day. I guess I don’t consider Labor Day to be fall (nor do I associate Labor Day with flags), so I’d think further into the season and flags definitely go with Veterans Day and even Election Day. I hope we’re not turning 9/11 into a sale weekend. Ugh!
Veteran’s Day is a good suggestion and one I hadn’t thought of, though the catalogue is the Aug/Sept issue.
9/11 is my precious son, Joseph’s birthday, he is an extremely patriotic child and obsessed with the military…he thinks it’s all about him!
Not surprised. Why am I not surprised? Maybe because I mentioned something along these lines back at Memorial Day?
Kimberly: Ha! Isn’t it “all about” all our children?
Jennie: I remember well your Memorial Day post. Indeed, your words were with me as I penned this one!
I think it could be for Veteran’s Day. That’s definitely in the fall.
Happy Blogiversary! I really enjoy your blog!
When we lived in Kitschy-ville, NJ…which is likely just like every other Kitschy-ville in America…our mainly blue-collar neighborhood would decorate their homes according to the season:
January: snowflakes and snowmen;
February: hearts, until Feb 15th, when they would put up shamrocks for March until the 18th, when they would hang up eggs and bunnies for April (Easter).
Starting in May, the theme was red, white and blue flags and stars and buntings. They stuck with that through Labor Day (which is a national holiday, but I don’t think it has anything to do with patriotism). The rest of September was fall leaves decor.
Then…
October: pumpkins and ghosts
November: turkeys and cornucopias
December: Christmas decorations (which were removed on January 1st for the snowflakes and snowmen)
Anyway, my point here is that in that pocket of America at least, Labor Day was the last big hurrah of the patriotic-themed summer-time outdoor BBQ neighborhood parties. Even though 9/11 is Patriot’s Day, it’s not a federal holiday, and I don’t see a big push to have cakes to celebrate it.
Happy anniversary of blogging!
It isn’t a federal holiday — although some have tried to make it one — but September 11 was designated as Patriot Day by US House Joint Resolution 71 which was approved by a vote of 407-0 on October 25, 2001. It is a discretionary day of remembrance.
And on another note, I am delurking to say Happy 1st blogiversary! I enjoy stopping by every day to see what is going on with you and yours in Minnesota.
Hmmm. You know, in looking ahead at my calendar to see what special days I wanted to include in our school planning, I DID see “Patriot Day” and wondered if I was just particularly lame for never having heard of it. It didn’t even occur to me that it fell on 9/11! I think it’s a nice idea to remember the enormous occasion. Too many people, I think, have already forgotten.
Labor Day
Interesting. There is a holiday in April that is known as Patriot’s Day, but it is not celebrated in all 50 states.
Margaret, it’s a federal holiday and has been since 2002. Here is a link to the legislation which passed Congress:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c107:4:./temp/~c107RP3sjo::
It calls for “appropriate ceremonies and activities, including remembrance services and candlelight vigils.”
I’m not saying I agree with red, white and blue cupcakes being appropriate. We mark is as a day of prayer and remembrance (I am from New York City and knew people who were there).
The Patriots’ Day celebrated in Massachussets commemorates the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere “on the 18th of April in (17)75.”