President Richard Milhous Nixon did not declare Memorial Day to be a federal holiday. Decoration Day (the original name for Memorial Day) was officially declared by General John Alexander Logan, a Union general during the US Civil War and who was the national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic (a fraternal organization of veterans), on May 5 1868. It was first observed on May 30, 1868 at Arlington National Cemetery. The name Memorial Day was first used in 1882 but it did not become the official name until President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the legislation changing "Decoration Day" to "Memorial Day" in May of 1967.
Christmas was declared a United States Federal holiday in 1870.
Christmas was declared a United States Federal holiday in 1870.
In 1776 the 4th of July was declared a federal holiday.
In 1971 President Richard Nixon made Memorial Day a federal holiday on the last Monday in May every year.
Memorial Day
Christmas was declared a United States Federal holiday in 1870.
No U.S. president has ever declared Hanukkah a national holiday.
In the US, the next federal holiday after Memorial Day is the Fourth of July. The next holiday without time off is Father's Day.
Christmas was declared a federal holiday in 1870.
In the US, the next federal holiday after Memorial Day is the Fourth of July. The next holiday without time off is Father's Day.
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