|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Quick Facts : Memorial Day
| Date: May 27, 2013 |
Type: National |
Also Called:
Decoration Day |
| Celebrations:
Decorating the graves of the
soldiers |
|
|
 |
|
Image Courtesy:
flickr/walkadog |
| |
Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed
every year on the last Monday of May in the
United States. This day is celebrated to pay
tribute to all those who died while in the
military service.
Formerly this day was known as Decoration
Day, as on this day people used to decorate
the graves of the soldiers. It is believed
that in 1865, Henry C. Welles, a druggist in
the village of Waterloo, NY, suggested at a
social gathering to honor the patriotic dead
by decorating their graves. Officially the
first Memorial Day was observed by General
John A. Logan on 5th May 1868. The first
state to officially recognize the holiday
was New York, in 1873.
Nowadays People celebrate Memorial Day by
visiting cemeteries, decorating the graves
of the soldiers with flowers and flags.
Parades and functions are arranged
throughout the country. More over this is a
day to remember all those who sacrificed
their lives for the nation and to pay homage
to their souls. |
| |
Other holidays celebrated in United States
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
