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Decoration day

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Memorial Day. US, dated

    "When Carney heard they were renaming Decoration Day and moving it from May 30th to the last Monday in May, he hadn’t seen the point."

  2. 2
    legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war wordnet

Etymology

So called from the practice of decorating the military graves with flowers.

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