This honorable holiday is about much more than a three-day weekend.
When Is Memorial Day?
Memorial Day 2023 is Monday, May 29.
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So, what’s the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day?
If you have a flag pole, be sure tofly your flag at half-maston the holiday as well.
Here are seven more facts you may not know about the history of Memorial Day.
This was one of many events put on bylocal Ladies Memorial Associationsthat eventually led to the federal holiday.
On May 1, 1865, freed people gathered with members of the U.S.
Colored Troops to bury and honor fallen Union soldiers.
