Memorial Day
Celebrating Memorial Day
Memorial Day was first celebrated in the United States on the 30th may 1868 after the Civil war.
At this time shops would close for a day to honour the soldiers who had lost their lives however these days shops will stay open and many offer discounts on this day and the days running up to Memorial day and for most this is a time for celebration rather than remembrance.
Memorial Day is not only a time to remember those in the armed forces who lost their lives but is also a day for personal remembrance of loved ones.
Memorial Day is celebrated on the last Monday of May and while this originally started out as a day for remembrance and honour, these days it generally holds no special meaning other than a day off work and the chance to get away for a break or to spend the day with friends and family.
If you will be spending quality time with the family or travelling then it’s important to plan and book in advance over this period.
The Memorial Day Commemoration in New York will take place at 10.30 am at the Riverside Park’s Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Manhattan.
After the service there will be a Remembrance walk led by the National Park Service re enactors of the Civil War to Grant’s Tomb at 122nd Street. At Grant’s Tomb, there will be a Civil War encampment and a re-enactment of the life of a Union Solider, including musket demonstrations.
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If you will be spending Memorial Day in Washington DC then the National Memorial Day parade will begin at 14.00hrs. It’s a flag-waving event with marches and floats. The Parade is an annual tradition of remembrance for those who have died during the course of duty
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Wherever you will be, what ever you will be doing on Memorial Day, enjoy and take a moment to remember why Memorial Day is celebrated.
When flow’ry Summer is at hand,
And Spring has gemm’d the earth with bloom,
We hither bring, with loving hand,
Bright flow’rs to deck our soldier’s tomb.
Gentle birds above are sweetly singing
O’er the graves of heroes brave and true;
While the sweetest flow’rs we are bringing,
Wreath’d in garlands of red, white and blue.
With snowy hawthorn, clusters white,
Fair violets of heav’nly blue,
And early roses, fresh and bright,
We wreathe the red, and white, and blue.
Soldiers Memorial Day
words by Mary B. C. Slade and music by W. O. Perkins, 1870.
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