In the United States, Memorial Day is a public holiday when people honour the memory of Americans who have died in wars. Memorial Day is celebrated in most states on the last Monday in May. a US legal holiday, the last Monday in May, when people remember those killed in wars. or Decoration Day U.S. holiday. Originally held (1868) in commemoration of soldiers killed in the American Civil War, its observance later extended to all U.S. war dead. Most states conform to the federal practice of observing it on the last Monday in May, but some retain the traditional day of celebration, May
National observance is marked by the placing of a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. Flags, insignia, and flowers are placed on the graves of veterans in local cemeteries
the dead soldiers and sailors who served the Civil War (1861-65) in the United States; Decoration Day
last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
U S , last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
A day, May 30, appointed for commemorating, by decorating their graves with flowers, by patriotic exercises, etc
In the Southern States, the Confederate Memorial Day is: May 30 in Virginia; April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in North Carolina and South Carolina; the second Friday in May in Tennessee; June 3 in Louisiana