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Safely fire up the barbecue grill, mix up a batch of lemonade and get ready for outdoor fun as Memorial Day weekend kicks off the summer season in the USA...

Just up ahead, check out a whole backyard of barbecue ideas & recipes, along with where to find parades & concerts, complete histories, tributes to veterans, and fun kids' actitivites to help commemorate Memorial Day this year being observed on Monday, May 31, 2010...

More about Memorial Day & party ideas around the Web:

razzle dazzle recipes | memorial day bbq recipes - Barbecued chicken, ribs, seafood, kebabs, plus recipes for grilled hamburgers, potato and macaroni salads, a dozen ways to cook a hot dog, topped off with festive desserts and summer punches, ice tea and lemonades.

Mealtime.org - Great Memorial Day Recipes - A handful of memorable backyard dishes including recipes for fruit smoothies, potluck macaroni salad, chili rubbed steaks with pico de gallo, August chicken salad and lamb kebabs.

Memorial Day Party Ideas - From Evite.com, with lots of ideas for party decorations, games & activities, music, food and a complete recipe for homemade lemonade...

U.S. Memorial Day History and Information on U.S. War Memorials - Fact-filled site for related prayers, poems and speechs, video clips, e-cards, ideas on observing the holiday, U.S. flags for printing and wallpaper, links to online school activities and lesson plans.

National Memorial Day Parade - The big one in DC, including a parade route map, nationwide TV schedule, information on volunteering, photo gallery.

National Memorial Day Concert - PBS - The official television station of the annual stagefest in Washington including information on this year's celebrity hosts, special tributes, and broadcast times and schedules.

US Memorial Day Parade Directory - Where to find marching troops, bands and floats in all 50 states with times, locations and dates, contact info.

The Memory Shall Be Ours: Celebrating Memorial Day - A lesson plan article from Education World featuring an online Memorial Day Treasure Hunt, and great ideas for individual activities as well as class projects, related links.

American History in Patriotic Sounds and Music - Marching songs, bugle calls, popular tunes and audio files in .wav and midi format...and so much more - including patriotic wallpapers, images, a printable Declaration of Independence, a history of the American flag and lots of related links.

Anne's Memorial Day Gifs & Backgrounds - Images of Uncle Sam, American eagles, flags, armed forces seals, U.S. flags and insignia, soldiers, standard bearers, and more to use in party invitations or as decorations.

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