Time to Remember… @KMNBooks

Remember all those who served...
Memorial Day, an American holiday observed on the last Monday of May, honors men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. The day was originally known as Decoration Day and had originated following the Civil War, but didn't became an official federal holiday in 1971.

On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery. Over 5,000 participants decorated the graves of the Union and Confederate soldiers buried there. Many Northern states held commemorative events the following years and by 1890, they'd made Decoration Day an official state holiday. Many of the Southern states honored their dead on separate days until after World War I.

Decoration Day eventually became known as Memorial day.  It originally was was known to honor those who died in the Civil War, but then when the U.S. found themselves in a major conflict of World War I, the holiday evolved to commemorate all American military personnel who died in all wars.