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  2. Decoration Day (tradition) - Wikipedia

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    Decoration Day is a national holiday in Liberia, a nation which was settled starting in 1822 by free and formerly enslaved African Americans. Decoration Day was designated a national holiday and set as the second Wednesday in March by an Act approved on October 24, 1916.

  3. Memorial Day - Wikipedia

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    On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan issued a proclamation calling for "Decoration Day" to be observed annually and nationwide; he was commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), an organization of and for Union Civil War veterans founded in Decatur, Illinois. [46]

  4. 10 Surprising Facts About Memorial Day - AOL

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    M emorial Day began as a way to honor soldiers who died in the American Civil War, which claimed the lives of the most U.S. military personnel in history. Now, the holiday is celebrated to ...

  5. What's the meaning of Memorial Day? Why we honor the holiday

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    Memorial Day was officially established as a federal holiday in 1971, but the tradition of honoring fallen soldiers began over a century prior. Originally deemed Decoration Day, the first Memorial ...

  6. Confederate Memorial Day - Wikipedia

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    The day was even referred to as Memorial Day by The Baltimore Sun on May 8, 1866, after the ladies organization that started it. The name Confederate Memorial Day was not used until the Northern observance was initiated in 1868. [28] While initially cool to the idea of a Northern version of the holiday, General John A. Logan was eventually won ...

  7. 5 things to know about Memorial Day, including its evolution ...

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    Armistice Day became a national holiday by 1938 and was renamed Veterans Day in 1954. An act of Congress changed Memorial Day from every May 30th to the last Monday in May in 1971.

  8. Independence Day (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.

  9. OPINION: LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: Honor our heroes this Memorial Day

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    Memorial Day was initially known as Decoration Day, a time set aside to honor the nation's Civil War dead by decorating their graves. It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868, by proclamation ...