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When is Memorial Day in 2024? Memorial Day falls on Monday, May 27, 2024.Yes, this makes it a long weekend! (Possibly *the* long weekend of all long weekends! 🙌) For reference, that means you ...
When is Memorial Day weekend 2024? Memorial Day is always the last Monday in May. For 2024, Memorial Day weekend is Saturday, May 25 to Monday, May 27. With that Monday being the official holiday ...
Originally called "Decoration Day," Memorial Day dates back to 1860s and commemorates those who died while serving in the U.S. military. It was first celebrated in the United States by the town of ...
May 26, 2024 at 9:30 AM Peter Willott/The St. Augustine Record/USA Today Network The federal holiday, falling on the last Monday of May, honors members of the US armed forces who died serving ...
Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) [1] is one of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. [2] [3] It is observed on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is also considered the unofficial beginning of summer in the ...
What other notable days are in 2024? Groundhog Day — Feb. 2, Friday. Valentine's Day — Feb. 14, Wednesday. Leap Day — Feb. 29, Thursday. Earth Day — April 22, Monday. Mothers Day — May ...
An 1890s poster showing Washington's Birthday as February 22, the date on which it always fell before being changed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day, and further ...
After the Uniform Monday Holiday Act took effect in 1971, the race was scheduled as part of the three-day Memorial Day weekend - either the Saturday, the Sunday, or the Monday of the holiday weekend. Since 1974, the race has been scheduled for the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, and has been held on a Sunday with only two exceptions due to rain ...