Many readers will remember when Memorial Day was always observed on May 30th, and depending on where they are from, may recall it being called Decoration Day.
Disputes abound as to where it started, when the first observance was, and what date it was observed. The first well-documented observance was as a proclamation by the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of veterans of the Union military of the American Civil War. It is said that May 30th was selected because no major battles occurred on that date.
Memorial Day, as many of my fellow veterans are wont to remind people, is the day we remember those who didn't come back, or who are now gone. This seems fitting to me.
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