(Observance – Last Monday in May each year)
Traditional Menu – Picnic
Chips and Dips
Fried Chicken, Barbecued Ribs, Steaks, Hamburgers and/or hot dogs
Beverages – may include your favorite soft drink, fruit punch, fruit punch with ice cream and/or iced herbal teas
Bread sticks, Puff Pastry etc.
Deviled Eggs, cheese stuffed celery, and/or deviled eggs
Potato Salad, macaroni, broccoli or cabbage slaw and/or green leafy salads
Your favorite cake decorated like the American flag.
Traditional Decorations
Think red, white and blue. American flags – banners, balloons, portraits of loved ones in their service uniforms, and/or portraits of American war heroes are always great.
For your food table, you can have a red, white and blue centerpiece. It sets the theme for your Memorial Day commemoration and will be remembered by your guest. You can also, set red, white and blue star candles , patriotic yard signs, flags and flag banners and door decorations about your yard.
Food Choices
Food Choices for a Memorial Day party can be hot dogs, hamburgers, barbecued meats, potato salad, coleslaw, French fries, fruit wedges, fruit salad, frog eye salad, potato salad, green leafy, fruit and or pasta salads, etc.
Make it a new/old family tradition to have fun.
