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From military tributes and family-friendly festivals to outdoor music and long-running rodeos, many venues across the Sooner State have special events planned for Memorial Day weekend.
TRI-CITIES — Looking for a Memorial Day event to attend? Gather with others over the holiday weekend to honor the courageous women and men who sacrificed their lives in service to our country to ...
Numerous Memorial Day events are occuring in the upstate to commemorate and honor fallen soldiers.
The first national observance of Memorial Day occurred on May 30, 1868. [6] Then known as Decoration Day and observed on May 30th, the holiday was proclaimed by Commander in Chief John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic to honor the Union soldiers who had died in the American Civil War. [7] This national observance followed many local observances which were inaugurated between the end ...
The National Moment of Remembrance is an annual event that asks Americans, wherever they are at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day, to pause for a duration of one minute to remember those who have died in military service to the United States. The time 3 p.m. was chosen because it is the time when most Americans are enjoying time off of work ...
Confederate Memorial Day (called Confederate Heroes Day in Texas and Florida, and Confederate Decoration Day in Tennessee) is a holiday observed in several Southern U.S. states on various dates since the end of the American Civil War. The holiday was originally publicly presented as a day to remember the estimated 258,000 Confederate soldiers ...
The city of Pasco will hold Memorial Day activities 11 a.m. on Monday, May 27, at City View Cemetery. The event will honor the service and sacrifice of U.S. armed forces members.
The Birchmere is a concert hall in Alexandria, Virginia, that features rock, blues, bluegrass, country, folk, jazz, ethnic, and comedic performers. Its main room seats 500 and provides dinner service, making for an intimate space, with tables only a few feet away from the stage. The location also features a bandstand with a bar and a dance floor.