on that day, people are asked to stop what they are doing and pause in silence and remembrance of those fallen. Flowers and flags are set besides stones placed to their memories. ![]() In 1971, the National Holiday Act was passed making the last Monday of May the day to recognize the fallen heroes. At 3:00 p.m. It was originally named Decoration Day and was a day set aside to honor and decorate the graves of thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers who had fallen on the battlefields across the nation.Īfter WWI the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war. We celebrate this day with parades and decorating graves of sailors and soldiers who died in uniform defending this great nation. ![]() Memorial Day and the tradition of rememberingĪs a nation we are about to celebrate Memorial Day. It found its roots on the 5th of May in 1868, when General John Logan, who was the national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, officially proclaimed it in a written order.
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