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Since 1971, Americans have observed Memorial Day as a legal federal holiday occurring on the last Monday of May. Commonly known as the unofficial start of summer, it is part of a three-day weekend filled with cookouts, travel and concerts and, most important, ceremonies honoring the nations war dead.

The Memorial Day holiday, originally called Decoration Day, is credited to an Illinoisan, John Alexander Logan, but a Georgia woman, Mary Ann Williams, was the documented inspiration for the modern

Cities and towns across America have long claimed to be the holiday’s birthplace, but here's the story of how this holiday came into being.

We have sifted through the myths and half-truths and uncovered the authentic story of how the Memorial Day holiday came into being.

In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the entire country.The holiday was Memorial Day, an annual commemoration that was born in the former...

Memorial Day was born in the former Confederate States in 1866 and adopted by the United States in 1868.

Memorial Day was born out of generous gestures after the Civil War: Southerners decorated graves of Confederate soldiers as well as those of former Union enemies.

In the years following the Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by Confederates and spread it across the country.

Memorial Day was born out of generous gestures after the Civil War: Southerners decorated graves of Confederate soldiers as well as those of former Union enemies.

Towns across America have for more than a century claimed to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. Scholars have sifted through the myths.