Memorial Day: 5 things you didn't know about the holiday
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Five interesting things to consider while we pay our respects the men and women who died serving this country.
With that in mind, here are five interesting things to consider while we're celebrating, and paying respects to, the men and women who died serving this country. #1. We're all aware that Memorial Day is a day of remembrance, but Congress has also established an exact minute of remembrance. The National Moment of Remembrance Act, which was adopted in December of 2000, encourages every citizen to pause each Memorial Day at 3:00 p.m. local time to remember the brave men and women who died serving this country. In addition to any federal observances, Major League Baseball games usually come to a stop during the Moment of Remembrance, and for the past several years, Amtrak engineers have taken up the practice of sounding their horns in unison at precisely 3:00 p.m.More Related News
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