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Trying to plan a Memorial Day Cookout?  Let the Lakeside Collection help you out with our one stop shopping for cookout accessories.  

This neat 6-Pc. BBQ Condiment Set comes with everything you need and helps keep bugs off your relish!  Unique grill-shaped condiment holder (8-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ x 4″) is a fun accessory for picnics and outdoor gatherings for only $5.95.    Sets Of 3 Festive Food Covers feature a delightful American Flag .  Place the covers over your dishes to protect food from bugs and dirt for only $4.95. 

Get cooking with the many grilling supplies Lakeside has for unbelievable savings.   Put together a stellar cookout with our BBQ Leg & Wing Rack!  The Leg & Wing Rack (13″ x 7″ x 5-1/4″), made of oven-safe durable stainless steel, allows you to hang 12 pieces of chicken vertically for even cooking—no turning required!  Value-priced Set Of Two 4-In-1 Skewers features extra-long stay-cool grips to keep your hands safely away from flames.  Each skewer has 4 long prongs that you can flip with one easy motion of your wrist.  You’ll get 2 in this set for quick and easy grilling.  Perfect for grilling shish kabobs, vegetables and meats, they are also great for hot dogs and marshmallows around the backyard pit or campfire.

Enjoy Memorial Day and Get Cooking!

Photo by psilver

Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day because it was a time to honor the nation’s Civil War dead by decorating their graves.  On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic declared in General Order No. 11 that:

The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land.  In this observance no form of ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit.

In 1971, Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday to be celebrated the last Monday in May.  Let’s remember, observe and honor all those who have died in all of America’s wars on this Memorial Day.