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Memorial Day. 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 beginning of ...
Karfreitag. Easter Sunday - 2 days. Easter Monday. Ostermontag. Easter Sunday + 1 day. Birthday of the Führer. Führergeburtstag. 20 April. celebrated from 1933 to 1944, declared national holiday for Hitler's 50th birthday in 1939 [4]
t. e. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, is an international memorial day on 27 January that commemorates the victims of the Holocaust, which resulted in the genocide of one third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities by Nazi Germany ...
10 Memorial Day facts about the history of the holiday. Sophie Caldwell. May 21, 2024 at 2:53 AM. For many Americans, Memorial Day marks a fun-filled long weekend and the unofficial start of ...
May 27, 2024 at 9:03 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 months. At its ...
Dennis said Memorial Day’s potency diminished somewhat with the addition of Armistice Day, which marked World War I’s end on Nov. 11, 1918. Armistice Day became a national holiday by 1938 and ...
A resolution designating April 28 and 29 of 1979 as "Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust". Senator John Danforth of Missouri chose April 28 and 29, because it was on these dates, in 1945, that American troops liberated the Dachau concentration camp. On 1 November 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed an Executive Order establishing ...
Volkstrauertag ( German: [ˈfɔlkstʁaʊ̯ɐˌtaːk] ⓘ, lit. 'people's mourning day') is a commemoration day in Germany two Sundays before the first day of Advent. It commemorates members of the armed forces of all nations and civilians who died in armed conflicts, to include victims of violent oppression. It was first observed in its modern ...