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Memorial Day
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federal holiday in the United States of America for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
Key facts
- Observed by
- United States
- Type
- National Holiday
- Significance
- Honors U.S. military personnel who died in service
- Observances
- Decoration of military graves with American flags
- Date
- Last Monday in May
- 2025 date
- May 26 ( 2025-05-26 )
- 2026 date
- May 25
- 2027 date
- May 31 ( 2027-05-31 )
- 2028 date
- May 29 ( 2028-05-29 )
- Frequency
- Annual
- First time
- May 30, 1868
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. It is observed on the last Monday of May.
Memorial Day is a time for visiting cemeteries and memorials to mourn the military personnel who died in the line of duty. Volunteers will place American flags on the graves of those military personnel in national cemeteries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Memorial Day” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.