Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 31 in 2010). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service.[1] First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the Civil War), it was expanded after World War I.
In Our Youth Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire, a speech by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the liberty, freedom and betterment of others are remembered today. May God bless and comfort the loved ones that mourn them.
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