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  • Special Ed
    XStremely XSive "Mad Monk"
    • May 2004
    • 808
    • Monterey CA
    #1

    Help!!!

    Ar r r r gh!
    Help! Scooter broke, and I need some advice. check out my post in the tech section. This is my favorite weekend of the year. Does anyone know how Memorial Day started? I'm sure many of you do. XS affecianadoes are among the smartist people around!
    Old bikers never die, they're just out of sight!

    My recently re-built, hopped up '79 Special caught fire and burned everything from the top of the engine up: gas tank, wiring, seat, & melted my windshield all over the front of the bike. Just bought a 1980 Special that has been non oped for 9 years. My Skoot will rise from the ashes and be re named "The Phoenix!"
    I've been riding since 1959.
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    • Czekus21
      XS-XJ Guru
      • May 2004
      • 1069
      • Keosauqua (Southeast) Iowa
      #2
      I'm not sure how it started but here's my theary. A bunch of guy's got together and were wondering how to get outta the house, away from momma and the kids, They came up with the holiday to kick off the vacation season and have an excuse to go fishin, campin, barbiqu's, and drink beer. They told their better half it was to commemorative the momoriales and she said O.K. So in their memory, Eat lots of grilled food made with alot of grease, drink lots of beer without feeling guilty, Go fishing without any worries, and enjoy the fruites of our ansesters wisdom
      Oh.. I alomst forgot.. Enjoy the riding seasom. Hopefully the bikes are tuned and ready.
      E.Liberty,,,. You might check the hot wire leading down to the starter. It may be loose
      S.R.Czekus

      1-Project SG (Ugly Rat Bike)(URB)
      1-big XS patch
      1-small XS/XJ patch
      1-XS/XJ owners pin.
      1-really cool XS/XJ owners sticker on my helmet.
      2-2005 XS rally T-shirts, (Bean Blossom, In)
      1-XVS1300C Yamaha Stryker Custom (Mosquito)
      1-VN900C Kawasaki Custom (Jelly Bean)

      Just do it !!!!!

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        • UncleSpot
          XStremely XSive
          • Jun 2004
          • 383
          • Home: Stockton, California Shop: Lodi, California
          #3
          ¿Does anyone know how Memorial Day started?!???

          ...it makes me wonder HOW we are still a free country... apparently schools are NOT doing their job - this was one of the 1st things I learned in 1st and 2nd grade.

          last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war.

          The ceremony actually started *during* the civil war, and was 1st 'officially' observed right after the war in 1868. By the 1890s most states observed it *except* the south - until WWI.

          The National Holiday Act of 1971 was passed by congress to ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays.

          ...I guess it'd be easier to remember *if* someone in your family died in war (?)
          __________________
          Ron Veil
          <Ron_Veil@yahoo.com>

          1980 XS1100SG

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            • prometheus578
              XS-XJ Super Guru (RESIGNED)
              • Aug 2004
              • 4012
              • Olympia , Wa.
              #4
              ...or if one spent any time in the military, Uncle Spot.
              While I was in basic training in '82, I was part of a detail that went around to all the cemetaries on Ft. Benning with a bucket and a brush, scrubbing tombstones and planting a flag on each one. Had plenty of time to stand there and read about the sacrifices of others. Gives a great education and puts things in proper perspective.
              "Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic!' ('Bones' McCoy)

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                • rneal55555
                  XStremely XSive
                  • Aug 2003
                  • 210
                  • Milton, NH
                  #5
                  Re: ¿Does anyone know how Memorial Day started?!???

                  Originally posted by UncleSpot
                  ...it makes me wonder HOW we are still a free country... apparently schools are NOT doing their job - this was one of the 1st things I learned in 1st and 2nd grade.

                  last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war.

                  The ceremony actually started *during* the civil war, and was 1st 'officially' observed right after the war in 1868. By the 1890s most states observed it *except* the south - until WWI.

                  The National Holiday Act of 1971 was passed by congress to ensure a three day weekend for Federal holidays.

                  ...I guess it'd be easier to remember *if* someone in your family died in war (?)
                  It was originally called Decoration Day and was to be a day to decorate the graves of the War dead. The 30th of May was chosen because buy then It was warm enough that flowers would grow in the whole country and could last all Summer.
                  Last edited by rneal55555; 05-28-2005, 09:39 AM.
                  Russ Neal
                  Milton, NH
                  04 GL1800 ABS
                  04 Kawasaki Concours(Sold)
                  99 Royal Star Venture(Sold)
                  80 XS1000 Special(Sold)
                  83 XJ750 Midnight Maxim(Sold)
                  80 XS1100G(Sold)
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                    • 81xsproject
                      XS-XJ Super Guru
                      • Nov 2004
                      • 3185
                      • Fortuna, CA
                      #6
                      The important thing remember is that not having to know what the holiday is for is part of the freedom that those honorable men/women died for.
                      JC
                      '81 XS1100 SH

                      Melted to the ground during The Valley Fire

                      Sep. 12th 2015

                      RIP

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                        • Special Ed
                          XStremely XSive "Mad Monk"
                          • May 2004
                          • 808
                          • Monterey CA
                          #7
                          Memorial day revisited

                          Those who said Memorial day was originally celebrated to commemorate the soldiers who died in the "War Between the States," can move to the head of the class. It is not true, however, that it wasn't observed in the South until after it was established in the north. In point of fact several southern states were observing "Decoration Day" very shortly after the official end of the war, and very possibly before it was observed in the North.
                          We have a really fine "Civil War" reenactment every year where I live. This is the first year in the past five that I haven't gone out to volunteer for the "Confederate Cause." No I'm not a racist, I'm just a history buff that happens to have been born and raised in Texas.
                          More Americans died in the "War Between the States" than in all the rest of the wars combined since then, and I don't forget what the day is really about.
                          Liberty
                          Old bikers never die, they're just out of sight!

                          My recently re-built, hopped up '79 Special caught fire and burned everything from the top of the engine up: gas tank, wiring, seat, & melted my windshield all over the front of the bike. Just bought a 1980 Special that has been non oped for 9 years. My Skoot will rise from the ashes and be re named "The Phoenix!"
                          I've been riding since 1959.

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                            • Czekus21
                              XS-XJ Guru
                              • May 2004
                              • 1069
                              • Keosauqua (Southeast) Iowa
                              #8
                              O.K. I take it that everyone thinks I'm a dink for not giving the correct answer. I did a few years in the Army and after serving, ( as everyone who has can attest to ) will never forget what the meaning of what the holidays are about. Especially Momorial day, Veterans day and flag day. It seem ironic though that Momorial day sparks off the vacation season.
                              E.Liberty... Did you figure out what the problem was???
                              S.R.Czekus

                              1-Project SG (Ugly Rat Bike)(URB)
                              1-big XS patch
                              1-small XS/XJ patch
                              1-XS/XJ owners pin.
                              1-really cool XS/XJ owners sticker on my helmet.
                              2-2005 XS rally T-shirts, (Bean Blossom, In)
                              1-XVS1300C Yamaha Stryker Custom (Mosquito)
                              1-VN900C Kawasaki Custom (Jelly Bean)

                              Just do it !!!!!

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                                • wpc57
                                  Truly XSive
                                  • Feb 2003
                                  • 112
                                  • Benton, IL. (Southern IL. 300 miles south of the windy city, and Aprox. 100miles east of the Gateway to the West.)
                                  #9
                                  Memorial Day was given credit to being started by General John A. Logan. General Logan servered in the Union Army during the Civil War. Gen. Logan was born raised and lived in Southern Illinois most of his life except for his military time. Look him up. very interesting reading.
                                  wpc57

                                  '81LH Midnight Special "Margret"

                                  I ain't as good as I once was..but I am as good once as I ever was.... (Toby Keith)

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