Arlington National Cemetery
Memorial Day is a federal holiday for remembering the people who died while serving in
the country’s Armed Forces. The holiday, which is observed
on the last Monday of May, originated as Decoration Day after the American
Civil War in 1868, when the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union
veterans founded in Decatur, IL, established it as a time for the nation to
decorate the graves of the Union war dead with flowers.
By the 20th Century,
competing Union and Confederate holiday traditions, celebrated on different
days, had merged, and Memorial Day eventually extended to honor all Americans
who died while in the military service. Many people visit cemeteries and
memorials, particularly to honor those who have died in military service. Many
volunteers place an American flag on each grave in national cemeteries.
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