What is memoriala day?
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Memorial Day is a day to remember and honor fallen soldiers that have fought and died for our country.
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It is meant as a sign of respect for the fallen hero.
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it is a day which is celebrated by nation \non this day some historic event had happened\nmight be country got independence,might be country'e constistution is made on this day, or anyother thing that changed the fate of the country.
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Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks (traditionally to God) at the close of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada, it is celebrated on the second Monday in October. In the United Kingdom, Thanksgiving is another name for the Harvest festival, held in churches across the land on a relevant Sunday to mark the end of the local harvest. This tradition was taken to North America by early settlers.
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all countries celebrate an Independence/revolution day of some sort.  the day they gained there independance and became the country they are today.  4th july is an american only party.
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Cultural appreciation day.  A day for everyone to learn about different cultures, religions, races etc...  I think it would be great to have a day that promotes understanding and appreciation of everyone.
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Australia and New Zealand commemorate the ANZAC Day public holiday on the 25th of April every year to honour the bravery and sacrifice of the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), and of all those who served their country. ANZAC Day is also a public holiday in Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tonga.\n\nThe number of New Zealanders attending ANZAC Day events in New Zealand, and at Gallipoli, is increasing. For some younger people, the sombre focus of the day receives less emphasis than do the more celebratory aspects of a national holiday. For most, though, the day is an occasion on which to formally pay tribute and to remember.\n\nANZAC Day now promotes a sense of unity, perhaps more effectively than any other day on the national calendar. People whose politics, beliefs and aspirations are widely different can nevertheless share a genuine sorrow at the loss of so many lives in war, and a real respect for those who have endured warfare on behalf of the country they live in.
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Nothing.\nIn English military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. \nWhile the initial D in D-day does not stand for anything, it often represents a variable, designating the day upon which some significant event will or has occurred.\nBy far, the best known D-Day is June 6, 1944 — the day on which the Battle of Normandy began — commencing the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II.
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Martin Luther King day, Presidents'Day,Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day,Thanksgiving Day, New Year's Day.
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in israel there are official ceremonies all day long, with everyone remembering their loved ones who perished in the struggle to protect our country... its very emotional because there are, unfortunately, TONS of victims, so every single community has lost someone... in our community we have a girl who lost her sister and father in a terror attack at a resturant, the night before the sister's (who died) wedding. so, this year that girl- who is around 14- wrote a speech about her father and sister, how she misses them, how she manages to keep living...\nall in all, Memorial Day here is very serious and official, very well-respected nationally. on the eve and the morning of the holiday there is a 2 minute siren, in which the ENTIRE country stops whatever they were doing in order to respect and remember the victims...\none very unusual thing here, is that the saddest day of the year turns into the happiest day of the year when, at dusk, memorial day turns into Independance day!!
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Try here:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day
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I'm going to participate in a Memorial Day remembrance at the Madison County (New York) Veterans Memorial in Wampsville at 2:00 PM today.  Then tomorrow, I'll preside over my American Legion Post's memorial service.  Tomorrow IS the real, the original date upon which Memorial Day traditionally falls.  My Post does not agree with the idea of observing that special day on any other date.  Doing so, in our view, marginalizes the immense sacrifice of the families who lost their loved ones in wartime.  We take solace in the fact that, whether it's done on the traditional day or the previous day, at least people are taking notice.
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Such a day exists in most latin countries "Dia del Niño" and is celebrated on april 30th. Tradition is to go out with your own children or to give something back to society by giving to children of the least fortunate.
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As far as I'm aware a monument is usually erected to "celebrate" a particular event, while a memorial is erected to remember a specific person.
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Well there are a few. My Grandfather (my papa) he was in the Military. My dad, he passed away on May 29,1992. So, this Memorial Day it will have been 14 years since he died. He will be greatly missed. I love him very much and it is still so hard to deal with. And of course I always think of the men and women who have died for us and the men and women over there right now.My prayers are with all the family's of the men and women serving today.\nBy The BradAusmusls.....GO ASTROS!!!!!
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They are called Memorial Cards.
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Ancient Romans celebrated a holiday known as Floralia as their spring celebration. This eventually involved into May Day, a time for fertility and renewal. Fertility was very important for people, livestock and crops, and so fertility celebrations tend to be the most important celebrations in the ancient world and this was the most active of the Fertility holidays in Europe. People danced around a May-pole (a symbol of masculine fertility) wrapping it with ribbons (symbolizing the poles entrance into the female fertility symbol). It was also a very popular night for maidens to lose their virginity. Today Pagans still celebrate the holiday, calling it Beltane\n\nIt is also International Workers day, commemorating a labor riot in Chicago