Ah, Memorial Day Weekend! The unofficial start of summer. I love it! Beaches, swimming pools, airfare is now more expensive than anything I could ever dream of affording. Tons of kids running around and screaming and stopping me from doing my thing. Yup, that’s summer. But, seriously, it’s fun, it’s awesome, and there’s very little chance of snow. And that is what I’m thankful for. Wait, that’s the wrong holiday, isn’t it?

Sunday, May 27:

8:00 - 9:30PM

National Memorial Day Concert (2007). Tomorrow’s Memorial Day, so today is a concert for it. You see, really, it’s all Memorial Day Weekend. That’s just how it is. This particular event for this weekend is co-hosted by Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna.

9:30 - 10:00PM

Air Group 16: We Came to Remember. A documentary on Air Group 16, who served on the Lexington in the Pacific Theater. This doc follows a reunion of veterans and their families. Not to fear though, there’s archival footage, too.

10:30 - 11:00PM

Bill Moyers Journal - “From D-Day to the Rhine”. A rebroadcast that features an examination of the end of the war in Europe during World War II, following the events from D-Day to when the Allies got to the Rhine.

Monday, May 28:

8:00 - 9:00PM

Antiques Roadshow - “Omaha (Hour Three)”. Now, I know you know that I know that you know about Antiques Roadshow, which only leaves the question, what do you know about Omaha (steaks don’t count)? All I know about Omaha is steak, because that’s what I ate the night I spent in Omaha. The place was great, sawdust on the floor, country music on the jukebox, beer on tap. Not really your antiquey kind of digs.

9:00 - 10:000PM

American Experience - “The Berlin Airlift”. Wow, how ego-centric of us. This is part of the “American” experience, not you know, the German experience, or the European experience. It’s funny, because I always thought Berlin was in Germany. Oh, I don’t disagree that the U.S. played a major roll in the airlift, but it still seems odd.

10:00 - 11:00PM

Secrets of the Dead - “Dogfight Over Guadalcanal”. The World War II hits just keep on coming as this special rebroadcast of a Secrets of the Dead episode focuses on the Battle of Guadalcanal and a dogfight between a Japanese and an American pilot in the summer of 1942.