Why does it rain on every Memorial Day?

Everytime I watch a war movie I think of all those young men taken at the prime of their life.

Haven't been yet but a visit to this place is on my list...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_D-Day_Memorial

I have visited this D-Day memorial in Bedford. A very impressive "tribute to the valor, fidelity and sacrifice of Allied Forces on D-Day, June 6, 1944". I would urge you (and others) to visit the memorial sometime. You leave with a sense of remembrance for the sacrifices of those in the U.S. military in WW2.

I have a family member who lives in Bedford County, VA so we are up there quite often visiting Smith Mountain Lake and other attractions in the area.
 
Many, many years ago when they were building the one and only shopping center in my small southern town, they found a cemetery for buried slaves. It magically disappeared from the survey and title search, so I was told. In VA if there is an old cemetery on your land you have to allow access for descendant's of the deceased to visit. So far, no apparent effect on our weather :)
I know a developer that bought a beautiful chunk of wooded, hillside land in a very desirable zip code. He put in everything, the street, sidewalk, underground utilities, muni-water and sewer... everything. The second or third house that went up hit bones. Allegedly Indian bones. The entire thing came to a friggin' screaching halt for over three years. It nearly wiped him out. I forget how many lots there were exactly, big lots, like 1.5 acres each,,, we're talking $1.5M homes at a minimum, and this was 15 years ago.... but there were at least 30 lots. Pretty sure it was more than that. He took a huge hit and had to firesale everything. Got divorced too... I'm sure in no small part attributable to the stress he was under.

I drove by the place a few years ago. Every lot had a house on it. He wasn't really a close friend or anything, and I know he's still around, but if you you ever develop land and hit bones... buy the track-hoe operator a big bottle of 4-Roses, slip him a $1000 tip because he "does such good work".... and never mention it again.
 
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