Thesaurus: Memorial Day

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1. n. legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
2. 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.]
3. A day, May 30, appointed for commemorating, by decorating theirgraves with flowers, by patriotic exercises, etc., the dead soldiersand 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 theSouthern States, the Confederate Memorial Day is: May 30 in Virginia;April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 inNorth Carolina and South Carolina; the second Friday in May inTennessee; June 3 in Louisiana. [U. S.]