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Memorial Day
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Memorial Day

In the USA, a day of remembrance (formerly Decoration Day) instituted in 1868 for those killed in the US Civil War. Since World War I it has been observed as a national holiday on the last Monday in May, traditionally falling on 30 May, in remembrance of all Americans killed in war.



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Formerly known as Decoration Day, the day set aside to honor the nation's war dead was originally observed May 30.
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(where he captained the last football team to beat Ohio State) and then some fifty years after he left the family farm, wrote a series of letters which included essays on Decoration Day at the country church and on Christmas celebrations at the church in town.
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