About The Word Memorial day
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Memorial day
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What's The Definition Of Memorial day?
[n] U.S., last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
Synonyms | Synonyms for Memorial day: Decoration Day Related Terms | Find terms related to Memorial day: See Also | legal holiday | May | national holiday Memorial day In Webster's Dictionary \Me*mo"ri*al Day\
A day, May 30, appointed for commemorating, by decorating
their graves with flowers, by patriotic exercises, etc., the
dead soldiers and sailors who served the Civil War (1861-65)
in the United States; Decoration Day. It is a legal holiday
in most of the States. In the Southern States, the
Confederate Memorial Day is: May 30 in Virginia; April 26 in
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in North
Carolina and South Carolina; the second Friday in May in
Tennessee; June 3 in Louisiana. [U. S.]
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