Memorial Day

English + (Newfoundland and Labrador) Proper noun Memorial Day en United States A federal holiday honoring fallen soldiers, sailors and other servicemen observed on the last Monday in May. en Decoration Day<q:dated> en Veterans Day<qq:honoring all veterans> Remembrance Day Armistice Day en-US Livia Albeck-Ripka The Tangled Roots of Memorial Day and Why It’s Celebrated The New York Times 2024-05-25 https://www.nytimes.com/article/memorial-day-history.html 0362-4331 Memorial Day weekend is among the busiest for travel in the United States and the unofficial start of summer; a day for cookouts, beach trips and auto races. But how did Memorial Day, held on the last Monday of May in honor of America’s war dead, begin? https://web.archive.org/web/20251029131253/https://www.nytimes.com/article/memorial-day-history.html 29 October 2025 en Newfoundland A provincial holiday held in July 1 in Newfoundland and Labrador commemorating the fallen members of the Newfoundland Regiment during the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel in World War I. en uncommon en Tomb Sweeping Day, a Chinese holiday. Related terms en Day of Memorial Translations American federal holiday Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 亡兵紀念日 wángbīng jìniànrì Esperanto: eo Tago de la Falintoj Japanese: ja 戦没将兵追悼記念日 せんぼつしょうへいついとうきねんび, senbotsu shōhei tsuitō kinenbi, ja メモリアルデー memoriarudē, ja 戦没将兵記念日 せんぼつしょうへいきねんび, senbotsu shōhei kinenbi Kazakh: kk Еске алу күні Navajo: nv Siláołtsooí Bigáál Dah Nídahidiitʼįʼígíí Béédahaniih, nv Siláołtsooí Bee Iinaʼ Nidahaztʼįʼígíí Béédahaniih Russian: ru День па́мяти m Spanish: es Día de los caídos m Vietnamese: vi Lễ Chiến sĩ trận vong en Holidays