{"id":3180,"date":"2019-05-22T16:28:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T20:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.greatflorida.com\/blog\/?p=3180"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:22:20","slug":"memorial-day-2019-what-you-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/2019\/memorial-day-2019-what-you-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day 2019- What You Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Memorial Day this year is Monday, May 27. It\u2019s time to fire up the grill and hang your American flag. Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May. It honors the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake a moment to give thanks and remember those who died in service to our country,\u201d says Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>, Florida\u2019s top independent auto insurance<\/a> agency.<\/p>\n

At 3 p.m., people are encouraged to stop for a moment of silence on Memorial Day.<\/p>\n

What is opened and what is closed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most government offices and some private businesses are closed for Memorial Day. B\"\"<\/a>anks, the U.S. Postal Service, the stock market and schools are closed or not in service. Most UPS and FedEx services are also unavailable that day. Trash pick-up varies, check your local provider. The DMV is closed, and courts are not in session.<\/p>\n

Most stores are open on Memorial Day, however, Costco is closed. Good Housekeeping<\/a> has complied a comprehensive list of retail and grocery stores, along with restaurants and fast food chains that are open.<\/p>\n

Travel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Memorial Day also marks the unofficial start of summer and summer travel. AAA<\/a> predicts this holiday weekend will see the most road-trippers on record with over 37.6 million hitting the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatience will be required with all the additional drivers on the road,\u201d says Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>, Florida\u2019s top independent auto insurance<\/a> agency.<\/p>\n

INRIX<\/a>, a global transportation analytics company in collaboration with AAA, predicts drivers will experience the greatest amount of congestion on Thursday, May 23 and Friday, May 24 in the late afternoon as commuters leave work early and mix with holiday travelers. According to AAA, Orlando and Tampa are among the top 10 destinations for travelers to visit this Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n

Whether your plans are to travel or stay home, GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a> wishes you and your family an enjoyable holiday weekend! For all your car insurance<\/a> needs contact us.<\/p>\n

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Memorial Day this year is Monday, May 27. It\u2019s time to fire up the grill and hang your American flag. Memorial Day is an American holiday, observed on the last Monday of May. It honors the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. \u201cTake a moment to give thanks and remember […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"featured_media":3184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,6,1,13,5,7,8,90,82,89,9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-auto-insurance","8":"category-boat-insurance","9":"category-commercial-insurance","10":"category-floridainsurance","11":"category-healthcare-insurance","12":"category-homeowners-insurance","13":"category-motorcycle-insurance","14":"category-renters-insurance","15":"category-rideshare-insurance","16":"category-rv-insurance","17":"category-travel-insurance","18":"category-umbrella-insurance"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3180"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13758,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3180\/revisions\/13758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}