Dedicated to all the men and women who bravely gave their lifes for their country. Memorial Day a legal holiday, observed annually on the last Monday in May in most of the United States, in honor of the nation's armed services personnel killed in wartime. The holiday, originally called Decoration Day, is traditionally marked by parades, memorial speeches and ceremonies, and the decoration of graves with flowers and flags, hence the original name. Memorial Day was first observed on May 30, 1868, on the order of General John Alexander Logan for the purpose of decorating the graves of the American Civil War dead. It was observed on May 30 until 1971, when most states changed to a newly established federal schedule of holiday observance. Confederate Memorial Day, formerly a legal holiday in many southern states, is still observed on the fourth Monday in April in Alabama, the last Monday in April in Mississippi, and April 26 in Florida and Georgia. ~ Memorials and Casualty Files ~ African-American Civil War Memorial Air Force Memorial Foundation Arlington National Cementry Gulf War Veterans Memorial(Personal Home Page) Names on the Wall Tomb of the Unknowns USS Arizona Memorial U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Vietnam Veterans Memorials Around The World Vietnam War Memorial by K 3/1 Women Who Died in the Vietnam War Vietnam Women's Memorial Project Korean War Veterans Memorial ~ MIA/POW ~ POW/MIA Forum ® "Operation Just Cause"adopt a MIA/POW Vietnam-Era Prisoner-Of-War/Missing-In-Action Datatbase National Alliance of Families for the Return of America's Missing Servicemen Canadian POW-MIA ~ Memorial Day Messages ~ Air Force leaders send Memorial Day Message PRAYER FOR PEACE, MEMORIAL DAY, 1997 ~ Memorial Day Pages~ Memorial Day in Cyberspace "A Day of Remembrance" by The American legion Memorial Day Essay Memorial Day Poem Memorial Day by Davis Virtual Market What I'll be doing for Memorial Day by James E. Leiker Remembrance-Reflections, Memories, Images of Vietnam Past Memorial Day by Billie Memorial Day ~ The Wars ~ Revolutionary War (1775-1783) War of 1812 (1812-1814) The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848) American Civil War (1861-1865) Spainish American War (1898) World War I (1914-1918) World War II (1939-1945) Korean War (1950-1953) Vietnam War (1961-1975) Gulf War Chronicles (1995) Back to the Holiday Index Labor Day Fourth of July Fathers Day Flag Day Memorial Day Mothers Day Passover Easter St. Patricks Day Presidents Day Valentines Day Groundhog Day Maritn Luther King Jr. New Years Christmas Thanksgiving Veterans Day Halloween Earth Day This page last updated on: Thursday, May 27, 1999 © 1998 - 1999 CyberGrandma