Memorial Day is a day when people set a day to mark the end of the war or as a memorial to those who died. The first memorial day was observed by formerly enslaved black people at the Washington Race Course. Today the location is in Hampton Park. The Race Course was used as a temporary Confederate prison camp in 1865. It is also used as a mas grave for Union Solders.
This day was first widely obsered on May 30, 1868. It is now celebrated in almost every state on the last Monday in May. When It was observed on May 30,1868, flowers and Flags on the graves of military personnel. Many organizations, including Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and more. Since the end of World War I, Memorial Day has also been Poppy Day Because Volunteers distribute small. red artificial poppies.
Americans attend Parades, Church Services, and Speeches on memorial Day. Some people visit War Monuments such as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. That large Sculpture lists the Soldiers who died in the rie. For my family we feel bad for all the men who died. They died for all peoples freedom.