5 Facts you might not know about Memorial Day
1- It was originally called Decoration Day.
2- New York was the first state to recognize the holiday in 1873.
3- The southern states honored their dead on a separate day until after World War I. Memorial Day was considered a northern states holiday.
4- It became a 3 day holiday weekend in 1971 with the National Holiday Act, it was originally May 30th.
5- In the year 2000 the National Moment of Remembrance was passed asking for all Americans to do something to observe Memorial Day such as a moment of silence or listening to “Taps” at 3 pm, local time.
Happy Memorial Day!
Interesting stuff! I never knew any of that.
Right! It was actually a pretty interesting to read about the entire holiday and remember what I should be doing…
Thanks for coming by!
It is really interesting that only 28% really know what Memorial Day stands for, where the rest think of it as a day off and the beginning of summer. Thanks for the stats.
,Susan Cooper
From:”My Morning Blog Hop” http://www.findingourwaynow.com
My husband is the Commander for our local American Legion post and I appreciate your reading up on Memorial Day and passing that knowledge along.
I’m here via the Bloggy Moms June Blog Hop. I’ve followed you on Twitter and “Like”d your page on Facebook.
It was very interesting to read about. Thanks for coming for a visit! I peeked at your blog- I am jealous you live in San Diego!