Memorial Day
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Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. It is observed on the last Monday of May.
Arlington National Cemetery graves decorated with flags during Memorial Day weekend
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
1867 Decoration Day in Richmond, Virginia's Hollywood Cemetery
General John A. Logan, who in 1868 issued a proclamation calling for a national "Decoration Day"
Uniform Monday Holiday Act
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The Uniform Monday Holiday Act is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day, and further made Columb
Memorial Day
…is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. It is observed on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is a time for visiting cemeteries and memorials to mourn the military personnel who died in the line of duty. Volunteers will place…
An 1890s poster showing Washington's Birthday as February 22, the date on which it always fell before being changed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.
US stamp commemorating the quadricentennial of the landing of Christopher Columbus.