 Memorial Day
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Memorial Day is celebrated each year on the last Monday of May to honor our soldiers who died for our country.Memorial Day Party Theme
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Memorial Day Party Theme
Memorial Day is a legal holiday celebrated on the last Monday in May. To many it is considered to be the start of the summer. A Memorial Day party is patriotic with American flags, a BBQ, sack races, and lively music.
Keep the party theme flowing throughout each aspect of
the event. First, the party invitations set the theme and tone of
the occasion. Some guests will bring gifts based on the Memorial Day
party theme. Use Memorial Day decorations, centerpieces,
tablecovers, Thank you notes, party supplies, hats, blowouts, confetti,
paper plates, cups, napkins etc. Complete the Memorial Day party theme
with Memorial Day party favors.
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Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. Memorial Day's origins go all the back to the Civil War. It was at the end of a brutal war, a war in which brother fought brother and the best of friends became the worst of enemies. It was the Civil War, one of the worst wars ever fought by the people of this nation, and it was fought on our own soil. During the first celebration of Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, after which 5,000 participants helped to decorate the graves of the more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery. It is now celebrated in almost every State on the last Monday in May (passed by Congress with the National Holiday Act of 1971). It is the unofficial kick off to summer. To honor those Americans who died fighting for our freedom, we have parades, lay flowers on the graves of our lost Americans, we gather together with family and friends and barbecue to remember. Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war). Memorial Day party supplies like paper plates, napkins, and cups are a perfect way to complete a Memorial Day Party Theme. Party decorations like inflatables, and beads ad to the magic of an American celebration. Memorial Day loot bags tucked in basket or pinatas can be used as a centerpiece and double as party prizes. Party favors like American flags, tattoos, glow sticks, and stickers will create the spirit of a Memorial Day Party Theme.
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