Memorial Day is swiftly approaching, and it’s bringing the unofficial start of summer with it (who wants to wait until the middle of June?). But it’s not just a holiday to mark the beginning of summer. Memorial Day started as a holiday called “Decoration Day” in the middle 1800s. It was a day set aside to decorate the graves of fallen US soldiers and pay tribute to the sacrifices they had made. After World War II, it became more commonly known as Memorial Day, and in 1968 it was officially moved to the last Monday in May, making it a Federal holiday. At the same time, Memorial Day is a festive and solemn occasion, which I think makes it a very interesting and important day.
About one month after Memorial Day comes the Fourth of July, a summer celebration of the declaration of US independence from England. So there’s definitely a lot of patriotism and Americana in the air for the next couple months. That’s why we’re having a sale on Americana at Shinoda’s!
Your clients and customers will be in a patriotic mood this summer, so bring this coupon in between 5/16/2011 and 5/21/2011 for 25% off the each price of any of our Americana items to stock up. For an item to qualify, it must have all 3 colors, red, white and blue, just like the images in Tom’s picture up there, and unfortunately, ribbon is not included in the sale. Don’t forget to print out the coupon, and I hope to see you around the store.
-Chris
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