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The Memorial Day sales for 2010 are heating up as the three-day holiday weekend approaches. Check back for more updates as the deals and freebies come out! Get an extra 50% off all clearance items ...
On June 28, 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which moved four holidays, including Memorial Day, from their traditional dates to a specified Monday in order to create a convenient three-day weekend. [67] The change moved Memorial Day from its traditional May 30 date to the last Monday in May.
Movement Electronic Music Festival is an annual electronic dance music event held in the birthplace of Techno, Detroit, each Memorial Day weekend since 2006. Previous electronic music festivals held at Hart Plaza on Memorial Day weekend include Detroit Electronic Music Festival (2000–2002), Movement (2003–2004) and Fuse-In (2005). The four ...
A series of workshops and seminars were held by the event's organizers at Georgetown University the weekend directly prior to the march, discussing topics such as Green Jobs, Appalachian History, and political organizing. October 2 – One Nation Working Together March for Jobs, Peace and Justice. Rally at the Lincoln Memorial to press for ...
A federal consumer agency is warning All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) riders to take precautions this Memorial Day weekend, traditionally one of the deadliest of the year. For the four-day period ...
Memorial Day break — May 24 (Friday) to May 28 (Tuesday) Vacation days needed: 2; Days off: 5 July 4 break — July 4 (Thursday) to July 8 (Monday) Vacation days needed: 2; Days off: 4
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 ...
Memorial Day Weekend – The event was first held in 1998 at a private campground in Dripping Springs, Texas. In 2010, the event moved to a more spacious area at Apache Pass to accommodate greater attendance. Flipside's location is generally in a private camp area in the wooded, grassy Texas Hill Country.