Memorial Day, the Glossary

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1. 127 relations: A Great Jubilee Day, A Symphony: New England Holidays, Abraham Lincoln, Alabama, American civil religion, American Civil War, American Legion, American Revolutionary War, Analectic Magazine, Anzac Day, Appalachia, Arlington National Cemetery, Armistice Day, Battle of Fairfax Court House (1861), Bennett Place, Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Charles Ives, Charleston, South Carolina, Church of England, Civil war, Columbus, Georgia, Columbus, Mississippi, Confederate Memorial Day, Confederate Monument (Jackson, Mississippi), Confederate States of America, David W. Blight, Decatur, Illinois, Decoration Day (album), Decoration Day (Canada), Decoration Day (tradition), Discrimination in the United States, Drive-By Truckers, Federal holidays in the United States, Flag of the United States, Flanders, Forbes, Friendship Cemetery, Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Google Books, Grafton, West Virginia, Grand Army of the Republic, Half-mast, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Heroes' Day, In Flanders Fields, Independence Day (Israel), Indianapolis 500, ... Expand index (77 more) »

2. 1868 establishments in the United States
3. Federal holidays in the United States
4. Holidays related to the American Civil War
5. Monday observances
6. Observances honoring victims of war
7. Recurring events established in 1868
8. Title 36 of the United States Code
9. United States flag flying days

A Great Jubilee Day

A Great Jubilee Day, first held on Monday May 26, 1783, in North Stratford, now Trumbull, Connecticut, commemorated the end of fighting in the American Revolutionary War.

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A Symphony: New England Holidays

A Symphony: New England Holidays, also known as A New England Holiday Symphony or simply a Holiday Symphony, is a composition for orchestra written by Charles Ives.

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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American civil religion

American civil religion is a sociological theory that a nonsectarian religious faith exists within the United States with sacred symbols drawn from national history.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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American Legion

The American Legion, commonly known as the Legion, is an organization of U.S. war veterans headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Analectic Magazine

The Analectic Magazine (1813–1820) was published in Philadelphia by Moses Thomas, and later, by James Maxwell.

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Anzac Day

Anzac Day (Rā Whakamahara ki ngā Hōia o Ahitereiria me Aotearoa or lit) is a national day of remembrance in Australia, New Zealand and Tonga that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served". Memorial Day and Anzac Day are observances honoring victims of war.

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Appalachia

Appalachia is a geographic region located in the central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.

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Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery is one of two cemeteries in the United States National Cemetery System that are maintained by the United States Army.

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Armistice Day

Armistice Day, later known as Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth and Veterans Day in the United States, is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, at 5:45 am for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at 11:00 am—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918 although, according to Thomas R. Memorial Day and armistice Day are observances honoring victims of war and public holidays in the United States.

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Battle of Fairfax Court House (1861)

The Battle of Fairfax Court House was the first land engagement of the American Civil War with fatal casualties.

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Bennett Place

Bennett Place is a former farm and homestead in Durham, North Carolina, which was the site of the last surrender of a major Confederate army in the American Civil War, when Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to William T. Sherman.

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Boalsburg, Pennsylvania

Boalsburg is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Canadian Expeditionary Force

The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) was the expeditionary field force of Canada during the First World War.

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Charles Ives

Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874May 19, 1954) was an American actuary, businessman, and modernist composer.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.

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Civil war

A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).

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Columbus, Georgia

Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Columbus, Mississippi

Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County, on the eastern border of Mississippi, United States, located primarily east, but also north and northeast of the Tombigbee River, which is also part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.

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Confederate Memorial Day

Confederate Memorial Day (called Confederate Heroes Day in Texas and Florida, and Confederate Decoration Day in Tennessee) is a holiday observed in several Southern U.S. states on various dates since the end of the American Civil War. Memorial Day and Confederate Memorial Day are annual events in the United States, holidays related to the American Civil War and may observances.

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Confederate Monument (Jackson, Mississippi)

The Confederate Monument is a historic monument in Jackson, Mississippi, United States.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.

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David W. Blight

David William Blight (born 1949) is the Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University.

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Decatur, Illinois

Decatur is the largest city in and the county seat of Macon County, Illinois, United States.

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Decoration Day (album)

Decoration Day is a rock album released by Drive-By Truckers in 2003.

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Decoration Day (Canada)

Decoration Day is a Canadian holiday that recognizes veterans of Canada's military.

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Decoration Day (tradition)

Decoration Days in Southern Appalachia and Liberia are a living tradition of group ancestor veneration observances which arose by the 19th century. Memorial Day and Decoration Day (tradition) are holidays related to the American Civil War.

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Discrimination in the United States

Discrimination comprises "base or the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit, especially to show prejudice on the basis of ethnicity, gender, or a similar social factor".

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Drive-By Truckers

Drive-By Truckers are an American rock band based in Athens, Georgia.

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Federal holidays in the United States

Federal holidays in the United States are 11 calendar dates designated by the U.S. federal government as holidays. Memorial Day and federal holidays in the United States are public holidays in the United States.

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Flag of the United States

The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars.

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Flanders

Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.

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Friendship Cemetery

Friendship Cemetery is a cemetery located in Columbus, Mississippi.

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Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's deadliest battle.

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Gettysburg National Cemetery

Gettysburg National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, created for Union casualties from the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War.

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg is a borough in Pennsylvania and the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Google Books

Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.

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Grafton, West Virginia

Grafton is a city in and the county seat of Taylor County, West Virginia, United States, along the Tygart Valley River.

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Grand Army of the Republic

The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy), and the Marines who served in the American Civil War.

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Half-mast

Half-mast or half-staff (American English) refers to a flag flying below the summit of a ship mast, a pole on land, or a pole on a building.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator.

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Heroes' Day

Heroes' Day or National Heroes' Day may refer to a number of commemorations of national heroes in different countries and territories.

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In Flanders Fields

"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.

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Independence Day (Israel)

Yom Ha'atzmaut (יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת) is Israel's national day, commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948.

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Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis.

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International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, May 29, is "an international day to pay tribute to all the men and women who have served and continue to serve in United Nations peacekeeping operations for their high level of professionalism, dedication, and courage and to honor the memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace.". Memorial Day and international Day of United Nations Peacekeepers are may observances.

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Ironton, Ohio

Ironton is a city in and the county seat of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States.

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Iyar

Iyar (Hebrew: or, Standard ʾĪyyar Tiberian ʾĪyyār; from 𒄞 itiayari "rosette; blossom") is the eighth month of the civil year (which starts on 1 Tishrei) and the second month of the Jewish religious year (which starts on 1 Nisan) on the Hebrew calendar.

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J. Thomas Heflin

James Thomas Heflin (April 9, 1869 – April 22, 1951), nicknamed "Cotton Tom", was an American politician who served as a United States representative and United States senator from Alabama.

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Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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James Cromwell

James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American actor and activist.

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Jason Isbell

Michael Jason Isbell (born February 1, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and actor.

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Jefferson Davis

Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.

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John A. Logan

John Alexander Logan (February 9, 1826 – December 26, 1886) was an American soldier and politician.

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John McCrae

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during the World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium.

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John Quincy Marr

John Quincy Marr (May 27, 1825 – June 1, 1861) was a Virginia militia company captain and the first Confederate soldier killed by a Union soldier in combat during the American Civil War.

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Joseph E. Johnston

Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807 – March 21, 1891) was an American career army officer, who served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) and the Seminole Wars.

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Labor Day

Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday of September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States. Memorial Day and labor Day are federal holidays in the United States, Monday observances, public holidays in the United States and United States flag flying days.

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Ladies' Memorial Association

A Ladies' Memorial Association (LMA) is a type of organization for women that sprang up all over the American South in the years after the American Civil War.

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Liberia

Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.

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Lost Cause of the Confederacy

The Lost Cause of the Confederacy (or simply the Lost Cause) is an American pseudohistorical and historical negationist myth that claims the cause of the Confederate States during the American Civil War was just, heroic, and not centered on slavery.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

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Mary Ann Williams

Mary Ann Williams (also known as Mrs. Charles J. Williams) (10 August 1821 – 15 April 1874) was an American woman who was the first proponent for Memorial Day, an annual holiday to decorate soldiers’ graves.

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Mecca

Mecca (officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam.

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Memorial Day (2012 film)

Memorial Day is a 2012 war film starring James Cromwell, Jonathan Bennett and John Cromwell, directed by Sam Fischer and written by Marc Conklin.

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Memorial Day (South Korea)

Memorial Day or Hyeonchungil is a South Korean public holiday on the sixth day of June by article 2, subparagraph 8. Memorial Day and Memorial Day (South Korea) are observances honoring victims of war.

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Michael Anania

Michael Anania (August 5, 1939) is an American poet, novelist, and essayist.

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Moina Michael

Moina Belle Michael (August 15, 1869 – May 10, 1944) was an American professor and humanitarian who conceived the idea of using poppies as a symbol of remembrance for those who served in World War I.

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National Archives and Records Administration

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government within the executive branch, charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records.

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National Memorial Day Concert

The National Memorial Day Concert is a free annual concert performed on the west lawn of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., in commemoration of Memorial Day from 1989-2019 and in 2022.

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National Moment of Remembrance

The National Moment of Remembrance is an annual event that asks Americans, wherever they are at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day, to pause for a duration of one minute to remember those who have died in military service to the United States. Memorial Day and National Moment of Remembrance are public holidays in the United States.

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New-York Tribune

The New-York Tribune (from 1914: New York Tribune) was an American newspaper founded in 1841 by editor Horace Greeley.

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Nora Fontaine Davidson

Nora Fontaine Maury Davidson (February 19, 1836 – February 10, 1929) was an American schoolteacher in Petersburg, Virginia.

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Northern United States

The Northern United States, commonly referred to as the American North, the Northern States, or simply the North, is a geographical and historical region of the United States.

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Open letter

An open letter is a letter that is intended to be read by a wide audience, or a letter intended for an individual, but that is nonetheless widely distributed intentionally.

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Patriot Day

In the United States, Patriot Day occurs on September 11 of each year in memory of the people killed (excluding the hijackers) in the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Memorial Day and Patriot Day are public holidays in the United States.

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Poppy

A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.

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Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. Memorial Day and remembrance Day are observances honoring victims of war.

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Remembrance Day at the Gettysburg Battlefield

Remembrance Day is an annual Gettysburg Battlefield event for the anniversary of the 1863 Consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg during which President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.

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Remembrance of the Dead

Remembrance of the Dead (Dodenherdenking) is held annually on May 4 in the Netherlands. Memorial Day and Remembrance of the Dead are may observances and observances honoring victims of war.

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Richmond Times-Dispatch

The Richmond Times-Dispatch (RTD or TD for short) is the primary daily newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, and the primary newspaper of record for the state of Virginia.

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Rio Grande

The Rio Grande in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico, also known as P’osoge in Tewa and Tó Ba’áadi in Navajo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwestern United States and in northern Mexico.

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Robert N. Bellah

Robert Neelly Bellah (February 23, 1927 – July 30, 2013) was an American sociologist and the Elliott Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Rochester, Wisconsin

Rochester is a village in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Salem, Illinois

Salem is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Illinois, United States.

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Second Battle of Ypres

During the First World War, the Second Battle of Ypres was fought from for control of the tactically important high ground to the east and south of the Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium.

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Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) is an American congressionally chartered fraternal organization that carries out activities to preserve the history and legacy of the United States Armed Forces veterans who fought during the Civil War.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States.

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Sue Landon Vaughan

Sue Landon Vaughan (October 12, 1835 – July 22, 1911) was an American artist and writer best known for falsely claiming to have originated the Memorial Day holiday.

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Summer

Summer is the hottest and brightest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn.

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Syncretism

Syncretism is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Post and Courier

The Post and Courier is the main daily newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Uniform Monday Holiday Act

The Uniform Monday Holiday Act is an Act of Congress that moved permanently to a Monday two federal holidays in the United States – Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day – and that made Columbus Day a federal holiday, also permanently on a Monday. Memorial Day and Uniform Monday Holiday Act are public holidays in the United States.

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Union (American Civil War)

The Union, colloquially known as the North, refers to the states that remained loyal to the United States after eleven Southern slave states seceded to form the Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War.

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United Daughters of the Confederacy

The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is an American neo-Confederate hereditary association for female descendants of Confederate Civil War soldiers engaging in the commemoration of these ancestors, the funding of monuments to them, and the promotion of the pseudohistorical Lost Cause ideology and corresponding white supremacy.

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United States Armed Forces

The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States.

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United States Capitol

The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government.

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United States Department of Veterans Affairs

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military Veterans at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country.

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United States military casualties of war

The following is a tabulation of United States military casualties of war.

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United States National Cemetery System

The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories.

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Veterans Day

Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Memorial Day and veterans Day are annual events in the United States, federal holidays in the United States, public holidays in the United States and United States flag flying days.

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Veterans of Foreign Wars

The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), formally the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, is an organization of U.S. war veterans who fought in wars, campaigns, and expeditions on foreign land, waters, or airspace as military service members.

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Victoria Day

Victoria Day (lit) is a federal Canadian public holiday observed on the last Monday preceding May 25 to honour Queen Victoria, who is known as the "Mother of Confederation". Memorial Day and Victoria Day are may observances and Monday observances.

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Volkstrauertag

Volkstrauertag is a commemoration day in Germany two Sundays before the first day of Advent. Memorial Day and Volkstrauertag are observances honoring victims of war.

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War film

War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama.

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Warren T. McCray

Warren Terry McCray (February 4, 1865 – December 19, 1938) was the 30th governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1921 to 1924.

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Warrenton, Virginia

Warrenton is a town in Fauquier County, Virginia, of which it is the seat of government.

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Waterloo (village), New York

Waterloo is a village and primary county seat of Seneca County, New York, United States.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.

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Whitehouse.gov

whitehouse.gov (also simply known as wh.gov) is the official website of the White House and is managed by the Office of Digital Strategy.

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William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author.

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Woman's Relief Corps

The Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) is a charitable organization in the United States, originally founded as the official women's auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1883.

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Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.

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World war

A world war is an international conflict that involves most or all of the world's major powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yom HaZikaron

Yom HaZikaron (יוֹם הַזִּכָּרוֹן|lit. Memorial Day and Yom HaZikaron are observances honoring victims of war.

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YWCA USA

YWCA USA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

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1937 Memorial Day massacre

In the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937.

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See also

1868 establishments in the United States

• Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
• List of Navajo Nation Chapters
• Lymantria dispar in the United States
• Martindale-Hubbell
• Memorial Day
• National Photographic Association of the United States
• Navajo Nation
• New York Point
• Wyoming Territory

Federal holidays in the United States

• Columbus Day
• Federal holidays in the United States
• Independence Day (United States)
• Juneteenth
• Labor Day
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Memorial Day
• New Year's Day
• Passage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Presidents' Day
• Thanksgiving (United States)
• Veterans Day

• Confederate Memorial Day
• Decoration Day (tradition)
• Juneteenth
• Lee–Jackson Day
• Liberation and Freedom Day
• Lincoln's Birthday
• Memorial Day
• Robert E. Lee Day

Monday observances

• August Bank Holiday
• August Holiday
• Canberra Day
• Child Health Day
• Children's Day
• Clean Monday
• Columbus Day
• Cyber Monday
• Easter Monday
• El Buen Fin
• Family Home Evening
• Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
• Fraternal Day
• Green Monday
• Indigenous Peoples' Day (United States)
• June Holiday
• Labor Day
• Labour Day
• Labour Day (Canada)
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Memorial Day
• Mother's Day
• Nanomonestotse
• Native American Day
• Obama Day
• October Holiday
• Presidents' Day
• Recreation Day holiday
• Seward's Day
• Shrove Monday
• Sports Day (Japan)
• Thanksgiving
• Thanksgiving (Canada)
• Victoria Day
• Victoria Day (Scotland)
• Whit Monday
• World Habitat Day

Observances honoring victims of war

• ANZAC Field of Remembrance
• Anzac Day
• Anzac Day Act (Australia)
• Anzac Day in Queensland
• Armistice Day
• Commemoration Day of Fallen Soldiers
• Iron Sword War Memorial Day
• Martyrs' Day (Afghanistan)
• Memorial Day
• Memorial Day (Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Memorial Day (South Korea)
• Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day
• National Aboriginal Veterans Day
• National Day of Commemoration
• National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
• National Service of Remembrance
• Remembrance Day
• Remembrance Day (Sri Lanka)
• Remembrance Sunday
• Remembrance of the Dead
• Surprise Day
• Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
• Two-minute silence
• Volkstrauertag
• Yom HaShoah
• Yom HaZikaron

Recurring events established in 1868

• Clark County Fair
• Cumberland Fair
• Memorial Day

Title 36 of the United States Code

• Congressional charter
• Memorial Day
• POW/MIA flag
• Title 36 of the United States Code

United States flag flying days

• Armed Forces Day
• Columbus Day
• Constitution Day (United States)
• Father's Day
• Flag Day (United States)
• Independence Day (United States)
• Labor Day
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Memorial Day
• Mother's Day
• Navy Day
• New Year's Day
• Presidents' Day
• Thanksgiving (United States)
• Veterans Day

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day

Also known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day (US), Memorial Day (United States), Memorial Day Parade, Memorial Day Weekend, USA Memorial Day.

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