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  2. 33 moving photos to remind you why we really celebrate ...

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    Memorial Day has become synonymous these days with barbecues and great sales. But all the distractions can make it harder for many Americans to remember the reason for the 3-day weekend: to honor ...

  3. Memorial Day - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Missing man table - Wikipedia

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    POW/MIA flag. A missing man table, also known as a fallen comrade table, [1] is a ceremony and memorial that is set up in military dining facilities of the United States Armed Forces and during official dining functions, in honor of fallen, missing, or imprisoned military service members. [2]

  5. Template:Memorial Day - Wikipedia

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  6. 15 Memorial Day activities to commemorate the holiday

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    2021 National Memorial Day Concert (Theo Wargo / Getty Images) This annual concert is a Memorial Day must-see. Watch the performance on your local PBS station or livestream it on their website .

  7. 10 Surprising Facts About Memorial Day - AOL

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    43.8 million people are expected to travel this Memorial Day Weekend. AAA projected that Memorial Day 2024 will be an extremely busy travel weekend. According to their analysis, 43.8 million ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage - Wikipedia

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    Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage is a 1937 newsreel of the strike at Republic Steel on Memorial Day, May 30, 1937, which escalated into a massacre when Chicago police fired on protestors (1937 Memorial Day massacre). Ten protesters were killed by the police and thirty others suffered gunshot wounds.