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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 2859984" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><a href="https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrTcX_P9SVZQmMATjOJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIzdWZ2YjlvBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZANiMjIwOTIzMjlkYTkxMmNlZWNiY2FjODEzNGE2ZmZkOARncG9zAzE5BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DMemorial%2BDay%26fr%3Dymyy-t-999%26fr2%3Dpiv-web%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D19&w=1600&h=1008&imgurl=americleaninc.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fmemorial-day.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Famericleaninc.com%2Fthe-meaning-of-memorial-day%2F&size=254.0KB&name=%3Cb%3EMemorial+Day%3C%2Fb%3E+is+a+federal+public+holiday+observed+on+the+last+Monday+...&p=Memorial+Day&oid=b22092329da912ceecbcac8134a6ffd8&fr2=piv-web&fr=ymyy-t-999&tt=%3Cb%3EMemorial+Day%3C%2Fb%3E+is+a+federal+public+holiday+observed+on+the+last+Monday+...&b=0&ni=21&no=19&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11lf94au8&sigb=138c0543m&sigi=11lb5tirc&sigt=12f5su3fk&sign=12f5su3fk&.crumb=bphCr3Wmog2&fr=ymyy-t-999&fr2=piv-web" target="_blank"><img src="https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.OsBGYhrb-xVYGjdHlNkiZQEsC9&pid=15.1&P=0&w=263&h=166" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><strong>Memorial Day</strong> is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holidays_in_the_United_States" target="_blank"><u>federal holiday in the United States</u></a> for remembering the people who died while serving in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" target="_blank"><u>country's armed forces</u></a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day#cite_note-vamd-1" target="_blank"><u>[1]</u></a> The holiday, which is currently observed every year on the last Monday of May,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day#cite_note-2" target="_blank"><u>[2]</u></a> originated as <strong>Decoration Day</strong> after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" target="_blank"><u>American Civil War</u></a> in 1868, when the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic" target="_blank"><u>Grand Army of the Republic</u></a>, an organization of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army" target="_blank"><u>Union</u></a> veterans founded in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatur,_Illinois" target="_blank"><u>Decatur, Illinois</u></a>, established it as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the Union war dead with flowers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day#cite_note-3" target="_blank"><u>[3]</u></a> By the 20th century, competing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army" target="_blank"><u>Union</u></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Army" target="_blank"><u>Confederate</u></a> holiday traditions, celebrated on different days, had merged, and Memorial Day eventually extended to honor all Americans who died while in the military service.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day#cite_note-vamd-1" target="_blank"><u>[1]</u></a> It marks the start of the unofficial summer vacation season,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day#cite_note-Yan-4" target="_blank"><u>[4]</u></a> while <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day" target="_blank"><u>Labor Day</u></a> marks its end</p></blockquote><p></p>
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