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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. May 30, observed in the United States in commemoration of those members of the armed forces killed in war. It is officially observed on the last Monday in May. Also called Decoration Day.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. [U.S.] See Memorial Day in the vocabulary. Also called
Decoration Day . - United States A day, originally May 30, appointed for commemorating, by decorating their graves with flowers, by patriotic exercises, etc., the dead soldiers and sailors who served the Civil War (1861-65) in the United States; Also called
Decoration Day . It is a legal holiday in most of the States. In the Southern States, the Confederate Memorial Day is: May 30 in Virginia; April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in North Carolina and South Carolina; the second Friday in May in Tennessee; June 3 in Louisiana. - A day designated for commemoration of all of the war dead of the United States, clebrated on the last Monday in May in most states. It supersedes the original
Memorial Day celebrated May 30th.
WordNet 3.0
- n. legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
Examples
“One Memorial Day weekend, Mac Baldrige and George spoke at the First Congregational Church service on Sunday.”
“He said he wanted to throw a Memorial Day party of his own to replace the gaping Beach House hole in the Hamptons social calendar.”
“In any event, the decision was made: no recess appointment during the ten-day-long Memorial Day recess, a classic missed opportunity.”
“On the Sunday after we returned from our Memorial Day trip to Santa Barbara, James J.”
“Friday of Memorial Day weekend, the two of them went to NAVOBS to see Gore.”
“This is everyone who attended the Memorial Day weekend Beach House party," she said about the slightly longer one.”
“The Fourth of July and Memorial Day picnics were semi-duty, semifun.”
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