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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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Although he craves the attention his father gives to his mentally retarded older brother and envies the closeness that exists between his mother and his two sisters, he can't resist his more devilish impulses--like running Mabel Cramm's bloomers up the flagpole on Decoration Day, or tipping a spider down the back of Mrs.
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Appropriately, the holiday was called Decoration Day.
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