Vic's News 2016 May 31

Geezer

…On this day in 1971 in accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by a Democrat congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day began occurring on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30. This was passed with little or no opposition from the Republican Party and was designed to give federal workers more three day holidays.…

Ending the month with Vic's morning report back in the overnight thread. Consistency? Never heard of it at AoSHQ.