
Memorial Day 2021: All about the holiday weekend
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The holiday – observed each year on the last Monday in May – marks a three-day weekend for most Americans, and many consider it the unofficial start to summer.
It was first known as Decoration Day and established on May 5, 1868, three years after the Civil War ended, according to the Department of Veteran Affairs. It was celebrated on May 30 and Americans would decorate the graves of fallen soldiers from the Civil War with flowers.More Related News