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As we pass through another summer without enough holidays I want to remind everyone of my proposal to make August 16th a day of celebration. This is the day both Babe Ruth and Elvis Presley died.
We need a day that celebrates our penchant for excess and what cultural
icons embody it better? The Babe had a robust lifestyle that is well
documented and the King himself expired on the throne. For some reason
my letters to members of Congress proposing this holiday have never been
answered but maybe I'm aiming too high and we should start with a local
event. Babe Ruth once visited Artillery Park and a commemorative plaque
is planned. It should be unveiled next August 16th with a festival in
Kirby Park where people would play baseball while being serenaded by
Elvis impersonators. I'm sure it would catch on nationally.
Why don't we have more summer holidays? Memorial Day starts the
summer and Labor Day ends it. The only mid summer holiday is
Independence Day. We have 6 holidays between November and February. Why
couldn't Washington, Lincoln and MLK Jr been born in the summer? Columbus should have left Spain in May and
they certainly could have called off World War I a few months earlier.
