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  • The first widely publicized observance Memorial Day after the Civil War was in Charleston, South Carolina, on May 1, 1865
  • The name for the holiday gradually changed from "Decoration Day" to "Memorial Day", which first appeared in 1882
  • it marks the unofficial beginning of summer
  • on the day the US flag is raised to the top of the staff and then lowered to the half-staff position, then raised to full-staff after noon.[43]
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