And if you encounter anyone starting the “our servicemembers didn’t die so you could have a long weekend” discourse, you have my permission on behalf of my late Navy veteran father to punch them in the nuts.

You do not need to genuflect to the military in any way, shape or form if you don’t want to. Hell, I’d say it’s a good weekend to question the leadership that all too often uses the military as a universal hammer and then uses veterans as props.

You can just go to the pool, have a barbecue, and enjoy the start of summer.