Results: The difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day!
Published on 05/30/2016
Getting it straight!
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Memorial Day - What facts are you familiar with?
Celebrated the last Monday in May.
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Memorial Day is the holiday set aside to pay tribute to those who died serving in the military.
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Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans. Grand Army of the Republic established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers.
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Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observed on May 30. It is believed that date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country.
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The passage of the National Holiday Act of 1971 by Congress made it an official holiday.
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na
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Veterans Day - What facts are you familiar with?
This federal holiday falls on November 11, and is designated as a day to honor all who have served in the military.
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Veterans Day began as "Armistice Day" to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918.
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In 1954, after having been through both World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress (at the urging of the veterans service organizations) amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting the word "Veterans,"
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With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, November 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.
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na
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Do you have a family member, friend or co-worker that has served or is in the military?
Has served in the military.
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Is in the military.
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Neither or na
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