Memorial Day… A Day to Remember

Memorial Day is typically an add on to a spring weekend, three days to spend with family and friends. Make this Memorial Day a day of remembrance and honor. Fly the Stars and Stripes, attend a parade or take part in the National Moment of Remembrance. Teach your children why the day is set apart and special, to honor those who have served our country, the United States of America.

The holiday was created on May 30, 1868  as a day of remembrance of those who served in the Civil War and was originally known as Decoration Day. Memorial Day became an official federal holiday in 1971. “To ensure the sacrifices of America ’s fallen heroes are never forgotten, in December 2000, the U.S. Congress passed and the president signed into law ‘The National Moment of Remembrance Act,’ P.L. 106-579, creating the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance. The commission’s charter is to ‘encourage the people of the United States to give something back to their country, which provides them so much freedom and opportunity”¹

Take part in the National Moment of Remembrance with your family. Pause wherever you are at 3:00 PM on Memorial Day for a minute of silence to remember and honor those who have died in service to our nation.

1. U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs https://www.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/history.asp

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