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In Remembrance ... Memorial Day
URL: http://www.history.army.mil/html/reference/holidays/memday/

Description:
Material about the Memorial Day holiday, including origins (covering when people decorated the graves of Civil War dead, 1971 when Memorial Day was set as the last Monday in May, and related events); "The Last Salute," a publication of "accounts of funerals conducted for civil and military officials, active and retired, and for the unknown servicemen of three wars between 1921 and 1969"; and images. From the U.S. Army Center of Military History.

LII Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Memorial Day

Publisher:
U.S. Army Center of Military History

Extra Keywords
decoration day

LII Database Information:
Record 28266 created by Maria Brandt on 04/22/2009
Last modification on 05/20/2009
Published: 05/20/2009  
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/28266

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