https://redstate.com/erick/2010/05/25/in-defending-barack-obama-skipping-memorial-day-the-left-calls-dead-soldiers-political-props/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usSun, 14 Jun 2026 05:37:26 -0400<![CDATA[Barack Obama is skipping the Memorial Day tradition of the President laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. It is not unprecedented. George H. W. Bush was on the campaign trail in 1992 and scheduled to speak at an American Legions event in Maine on Memorial Day.]]>Tue, 25 May 2010 18:55:43 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2010/05/25/in-defending-barack-obama-skipping-memorial-day-the-left-calls-dead-soldiers-political-props-n34841