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Memorial Day began as "Decoration Day", on May 30th, 1868 as a day to decorate the graves of fallen soldiers from the Civil War and grew into a day to remember service men and women who died in any American wars. It was made a federal holiday in 1971 by President Nixon and moved to the last Monday of May.

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