It looks like it’s turned out to be a gray picnic day in the Trenton-Princeton area. Nonetheless, I’ll be on hand this afternoon at The Classical Network to help lend a little color to your Memorial Day.

I hope you’ll join me for music of reflection, sacrifice and hard-won victory, as we remember those who gave everything so that we could enjoy the leisure and security of days like today, on which we relax and share food with friends and family.

Some of the selections will be Memorial Day specific, honoring our war dead; some will be classics composed during World War II; some will be works written for the U.S. military; and some will be more generalized nostalgic throwbacks to an idealized American past.

Tune in, remember, and give thanks, this afternoon from 4 to 7 p.m. EDT, on WWFM – The Classical Network and wwfm.org.