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2. Memorial Day 2024: The Meaning & History of the Holiday

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   Lindsay Lowe. May 27, 2024 at 6:03 AM. Many celebrate the long Memorial Day weekend with barbecues and family get-togethers, but Memorial Day is so much more than a chance to kick off the summer ...

3. Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial) - Wikipedia

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   The Lincoln Memorial statue, with inscription in background. The 170-ton statue is composed of 28 blocks of white Georgia marble [1] [vague] and rises 30 feet (9.1 m) from the floor, including the 19-foot (5.8 m) seated figure (with armchair and footrest) upon an 11-foot (3.4 m) high pedestal. The figure of Lincoln gazes directly ahead and ...

4. When is Memorial Day in 2024? Everything to know on the date ...

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   March 21, 2024 at 9:12 PM. Mark your calendars — summer officially begins on June 20 this year. However, for many people, the season unofficially kicks off on the last weekend of May, or ...

5. Emancipation Memorial - Wikipedia

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   The Emancipation Memorial, also known as the Freedman's Memorial or the Emancipation Group is a monument in Lincoln Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was sometimes referred to as the "Lincoln Memorial" before the more prominent national memorial was dedicated in 1922. [ 3][ 4]

6. When is Memorial Day 2024? What and who does Memorial ... - AOL

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   When is Memorial Day 2024? This year, Memorial Day in the United States falls on May 27, 2024. The holiday is always celebrated on the last Monday in May, after Congress passed the Uniform Monday ...

7. Memorial Day - Wikipedia

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   First time. May 30, 1868. Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) [ 1] is one of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. [ 2][ 3] It is observed on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is also considered the unofficial ...

8. First Division Monument - Wikipedia

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   1924 [1] The First Division Monument is located in President's Park, south of State Place Northwest, between 17th Street Northwest and West Executive Avenue Northwest in Washington, DC, United States. The Monument commemorates those who died while serving in the 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army of World War I and subsequent wars.

9. When is Memorial Day 2024? What's open/closed and why ... - AOL

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   Here is how Memorial Day came to be widely celebrated and when it falls in 2024: When is Memorial Day? Memorial Day always falls on the last Monday of May. This year, Memorial Day is May 27. ...