Memorial Day is a
United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 31 in 2010). Formerly known as
Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. soldiers who died while in the
military service.
[1] First enacted to honor
Union soldiers of the
American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the Civil War), it was expanded after
World War I.
Thank you to all service personnel!