Another Searing Memorial Day

Every year now I come around. It wasn't always that way.

As has become an annual habit, I began watching Band of Brothers yet again this Memorial Day weekend. I’ll probably tune in again on Veterans Day. It’s not exactly because I seek it out: HBO and Netflix advertise it prominently on these heavily commercialized 3-day weekends.

My feelings about these federal holidays have evolved through the years. Like ma…