{"id":10074,"date":"2022-05-29T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=10074"},"modified":"2025-01-09T15:47:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:47:25","slug":"holidays-in-the-movies-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/05\/29\/holidays-in-the-movies-memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays in the Movies:  Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"10076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/05\/29\/holidays-in-the-movies-memorial-day\/memorialvalley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/memorialvalley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"memorialvalley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/memorialvalley-280x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/memorialvalley-420x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/memorialvalley-420x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10076\" style=\"width:143px;height:204px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/memorialvalley-420x600.jpg 420w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/memorialvalley-280x400.jpg 280w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/memorialvalley-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/memorialvalley.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2021\/02\/09\/holidays-in-the-movies-valentines\/\">When I initially embraced marking time and celebrating all holidays with movies<\/a>, there were many holidays that I didn&#8217;t even consider. Memorial Day was one of those, along with a small handful of others that I plan to get to this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have experienced the popular Memorial Day family barbecue, and I have also undertaken a road trip to the cemetery where my grandmother, grandfather, and great-grandmother are buried.  Considering the sweltering heat in Florida by the end of May, both of these activities require a certain amount of psyching myself up each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After putting out the flag and thanking the soldiers who have died for this country, we in the Schmidt house will be watching: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/vinegarsyndrome.com\/products\/memorial-valley-massacre\">Memorial Valley Massacre<\/a><\/em> (1989), which was originally planned for release as <em>Memorial Day<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/What_Have_We_Learned,_Charlie_Brown%3F\"><em>What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?<\/em> <\/a>, because Charlie Brown brings the holidays, no matter what holiday.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tucker_%26_Dale_vs._Evil\">Tucker and Dale versus Evil<\/a><\/em> (2010), taking place during Memorial Day weekend and apparently on the anniversary of a Memorial Day Massacre.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sorority_House_Massacre\">Sorority House Massacre<\/a><\/em> (1986), the first in the Sorority House Massacre trilogy that takes place over Memorial Day weekend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>note: post last updated 2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I initially embraced marking time and celebrating all holidays with movies, there were many holidays that I didn&#8217;t even consider. Memorial Day was one of those, along with a small handful of others that I plan to get to this year. I have experienced the popular Memorial Day family barbecue, and I have also&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/05\/29\/holidays-in-the-movies-memorial-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Holidays in the Movies:  Memorial Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[290],"class_list":["post-10074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-holidays-in-movies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10450,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2024\/09\/25\/holidays-in-the-movies-calendar-summary\/","url_meta":{"origin":10074,"position":0},"title":"Holidays in the Movies:  calendar summary","author":"leems","date":"September 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the past few years we have been cultivating holiday themed watching to get us in the right frame of mind for every holiday. 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