Memorial Day

Memorial Day

1.     Memorial Day is an American holiday observed on the last Monday of May, honors men and women who died serving in the U.S. Military. Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official federal holiday in 1971.

2.     The purpose of Memorial Day is to honor the people whom served in the U.S. Military and the one’s whom died doing it, and to thank and celebrate those people.

3.     It is on the last Monday of May every year, this year it is on the 25^th of May, 2015.

4.     A few ways to show honor on Memorial Day is to visit the graves of  the people whom fought during the Wars and another way is to visit a parade cities and towns have them every year.