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CREATED:20221201T105042
SUMMARY:Memorial Day
DESCRIPTION:<p><b>Memorial Day</b> (originally known as <b>Decoration Day</b><sup id="c
 ite_ref-1" class="reference"></sup>) is a <a title="Federal holidays in the
  United States" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holidays_in_the
 _United_States">federal holiday in the United States</a> for mourning the <
 a class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. military" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/U.S._military">U.S. military</a> personnel who have fought and died wh
 ile serving in the <a class="mw-redirect" title="United States armed forces
 " href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_armed_forces">United St
 ates armed forces</a>. It is observed on <a title="Uniform Monday Holiday A
 ct" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Monday_Holiday_Act">the las
 t Monday</a> of May; from 1868 to 1970 it was observed on May 30.</p><p>Man
 y people visit cemeteries and memorials on Memorial Day to honor and mourn 
 those who fought and died while serving in the U.S. military. Many voluntee
 rs place American flags on the graves of military personnel in <a class="mw
 -redirect" title="United States national cemetery" href="https://en.wikiped
 ia.org/wiki/United_States_national_cemetery">national cemeteries</a>. Memor
 ial Day is also considered the unofficial beginning of <a title="Summer" hr
 ef="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer">summer</a> in the United States.<
 sup id="cite_ref-Yan_4-0" class="reference"></sup></p><p>The first national
  observance of Memorial Day occurred on May 30, 1868.<sup id="cite_ref-Toda
 y_in_History_-_May_30_5-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.
 org/wiki/Memorial_Day#cite_note-Today_in_History_-_May_30-5">[5]</a></sup> 
 Then known as Decoration Day, the holiday was proclaimed by Commander in Ch
 ief <a title="John A. Logan" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Lo
 gan">John A. Logan</a> of the <a title="Grand Army of the Republic" href="h
 ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic">Grand Army of the 
 Republic</a> to honor the Union soldiers who had died in the <a title="Amer
 ican Civil War" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War">Civ
 il War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> This national observa
 nce was preceded by many local ones between the end of the Civil War and Lo
 gan's declaration. Many cities and people have claimed to be the first to o
 bserve it. However, in 2022, the <a title="United States National Cemetery 
 System" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Cemetery
 _System">National Cemetery Administration</a>, a division of the <a title="
 United States Department of Veterans Affairs" href="https://en.wikipedia.or
 g/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Veterans_Affairs">Department of Veterans
  Affairs</a>, credited <a title="Mary Ann Williams" href="https://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Williams">Mary Ann Williams</a> with originating the 
 "idea of strewing the graves of Civil War soldiers - Union and Confederate"
  with flowers.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"></sup></p><p>Official 
 recognition as a holiday spread among the states, beginning with New York i
 n 1873. <sup id="cite_ref-Administration_8-0" class="reference"></sup>By 18
 90, every Union state had adopted it. The <a title="World War I" href="http
 s://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I">World War</a><a title="World War II"
  href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II">s</a> turned it into a d
 ay of remembrance for all members of the U.S. military who fought and died 
 in service. In 1971, Congress standardized the holiday as "Memorial Day" an
 d changed its observance to the last Monday in May.</p><p>Two other days ce
 lebrate those who have served or are serving in the U.S. military: <a title
 ="Armed Forces Day" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Day#Un
 ited_States">Armed Forces Day</a> (which is earlier in May), an unofficial 
 U.S. holiday for honoring those currently serving in the armed forces, and 
 <a title="Veterans Day" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day">V
 eterans Day</a> (on November 11), which honors all those who have served in
  the <a title="United States Armed Forces" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/United_States_Armed_Forces">United States Armed Forces</a>.<sup id="cit
 e_ref-9" class="reference"></sup></p>
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