Confederate Memorial Day in Georgia is April 26. That is the day General Joseph E. Johnson surrendered all troops under his command.
No, the postal service is not open on Monday (Memorial Day). Here is a list of annual holidays that the USPS is closed for in 2010:Friday, January 1 - New Year's DayMonday, January 18 - Martin Luther King Jr's BirthdayMonday, February 15 - Washington's Birthday (President's Day)Monday, May 31 - Memorial DayMonday, July 5 - Independence DayMonday, September 6 - Labor DayMonday, October 11 - Columbus DayThursday, November 11 - Veterans DayThursday, November 25 - Thanksgiving DaySaturday, December 25 - Christmas DaySaturday, January 1, 2011 - New Year's Day
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The earliest possible date is November 2 and the latest possible date is November 8
On Christmas Day, December 25th.
Well the Creek and Cherokee were firmly settled in current day Georgia before the arrival of Europeans. Georgia the colony was established by James Oglethorpe as a place for debtors. Back in Ye Olden England you could serve jail time if you couldn't pay all your debts. So, Oglethorpe started up a colony where England could ship it's debtors; that freed up space in mainland prisons for more hardened criminals.
The designated day for Memorial Day in the United States was May 30. The southern states have their own Confederate Memorial Day that is still observed on different dates for each state: Alabama - fourth Monday in April Georgia - April 26th Louisiana - June 3rd Mississippi - last Monday in April North Carolina - May 10th South Carolina - May 10th Tennessee - June 3rd (Confederate Decoration Day) Texas - January 19th (Confederate Heroes Day) Virgina - last Monday in May
Memorial Day is a Federal Holiday. The date is set as the last Monday in May. For 2012 that would be the 28th of May, 2012.
Memorial Day is a Federal Holiday. The date is set as the last Monday in May. For 1962 that would be the 30th of May.
Memorial Day was started in the Southern United States after the Civil War. Federal law made it illegal to make any type of monument to honor any deceased Confederate solder. As a result group of women dedicated April 26, 1866, as a day to remember the Confederate dead. April 26, 1865 was the day that General Joseph E. Johnson surrendered all Confederate Armies east of the Mississippi River. Word of this reached the North. The women in the North thought it an excellent idea. They created Decoration Day on May 31, 1866. On that day as a memorial the women put flowers on the graves of the dead solders. Later the name was changed from Decoration Day to Memorial Day. The date was changed to the last monday in May.
It was created to honor both the Confederate and Union Soldiers of the US Civil War.
when flowers were placed all over union and confederate graves in Arlington National Cemetery
Currently Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday in May. It was a holiday included in the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill enacted and signed in 1968, becoming effective January 1, 1971. There currently is a movement to restore Memorial Day to its traditional date of May 30th.
May 10th in both North and South Carolina. Both states call their holiday Decoration Day.
In 1866 the southern states established the Confederate Memorial Day to honor the Confederate war dead of the Civil War. It is observed on different days in different states. In the north, Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day to honor both the Union and Confederate Armies' war dead of the Civil War. It was first observed on May 30, 1868. In the 20th century Memorial Day was expanded to honor Americans who had died in all wars.
It depends upon which year for which you are asking. Memorial day is always on the last Monday in May, which means it changes year to year rather than having the same set date every year.
Memorial Day is the proper adjective for Memorial Day, as in Memorial day ceremony or Memorial day dinner
Memorial day began as a day to honor Union and Confederate soldiers after the American Civil War. Following World War I it was continued to honor Americans who have died in all wars.