Happy Memorial Day 2017 Quotes and Sayings: Memorial Day scheduled to be celebrated on the last Monday of every May, to mark the custom of honoring who lost their lives serving the nation. Not only this it also marks the unofficial summer start and elicit family barbecues.
Roots of Memorial Day go back to the times of war in 1866, when the inmates of Waterloo, New York, recognized the ones who died during the Civil War. To honour them, the state halted all the works and tasks for a day, shutting shops and businesses. They decorated soldiers’ graves.
Observing the trend followed among the dwellers of New York, two years later General John Alexander Logan officially declared May 30, 1868, in the honour of collapsed Union soldiers. The later years it was recognized, celebrated but the Southern States had a different Memorial Day to recognize the federal dead.
In 1971, Congress put an end to this segregated celebration and declared Memorial Day to be celebrated on the Last Monday in the month of May. Moreover, it added the same day to the list of National Holidays.
It is not just a day for the people of states to honour their soldiers but it also kicks off the start of summer in the region, a much more strenuous season. Also, the day holds the status of being a second most popular holiday in the region for setting up barbecues according to the sources.
And the unofficial start of the summer adds up to the foodies. As far as weather is concerned, nature will behave decently for the weekend though some climate disturbances might prevail in the Southeast Coastal region.
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