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May 29, 2006
Memorial Day
Today is Memorial Day, a national holiday. On this day we remember those soldiers and sailors who died in the service of our country from William Burrows captian of the Enterprise in the War of 1812, to Sgt Paul Smith who won the Medal of Honor in Iraq to my next door neighbor's father who fell at Normandy and my cousin who did the same in Italy during World War II.
As always HiWired will be open our normal hours 9 a.m.- 11 p.m. but we would like to take this moment to thank those who gave their lives in our service.
Apparently Google doesn't feel the same.
Just last week they paid tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle's birthday. But Memorial Day doesn't seem to rate anything at all.
Hey it's their company.
UPDATE ask.com and dogpile both seem to think the day has more meaning than Google does. Glenn has screen shots.
Update II Google Responds to the same question last year
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We have to balance this rotating calendar with the need to maintain the consistency of the Google homepage.Furthermore, Google’s special logos tend to be lighthearted in nature. If we were to commemorate Memorial Day, we would want to express reverence, rather than mirth. This would be a particularly challenging design. We would not want to, in any way, create a graphic that could be interpreted as disrespectful. In light of the mail we have received about this, we are actively considering designs we could display on this day next year. We welcome any suggestions you may have.
I guess they forgot, like I tell my kids you remember what's important to you.
Posted by Peter at May 29, 2006 08:47 AM
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I make 4 simple suggestions for Memorial Day to Google. If you're interested, check it out below:
http://sevenstripes.com/blog/2006/05/30/google-refuses-to-honor-the-fallen-again/
Each image incorporates a simple letter replacement.
Posted by: Dave at May 30, 2006 11:43 AM
