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Memorial Day

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A day originally May 30 appointed for commemorating by decorating their graves with flowers by patriotic exercises etc the dead soldiers and sailors who served the Civil War 1861 65 in the United States Also called Decoration Day It is a legal holiday in most of the States In the Southern States the Confederate Memorial Day is May 30 in Virginia April 26 in Alabama Florida Georgia and Mississippi May 10 in North Carolina and South Carolina the second Friday in May in Tennessee June 3 in Louisiana

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