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Memorial Day is a national holiday in the United States when Americans honor the military men and women who died in battle. Visi-tors to Washington D.C. can see four major memorials to these men and women.
There is a piece of music called taps that is played at military fu-nerals to honor soldiers who have died. The song of taps is being heard at cemeteries throughout the United States as America honors its war dead. The Memorial Day holiday started in 1868. The purpose was to honor soldiers killed during the Civil War between America's northern and southern states. Back then, the holiday was called Decoration Day. People used flowers and ribbons to decorate the burial places of those killed during the war. Today Memorial Day honors the men and women who died in all America's wars. The first yearly observance of Memorial Day was at the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The Cemetery is across the Potomac River from Washington D.C.. It is the largest and most famous nation-al burial place in the United States. It includes about 200 hectares of roiling hills. Up and down the hills are lines of simple white stonesking the graves where the soldiers are buffed. About 200,000 soldiers are buried there. They include military and political leaders,cabinet officers and Supreme Court judges. Only two American Presidents are buffed at Aringtan National Cemetery. One is William Howard Taft. He was President in the early 1900s. The other is John Kennedy. He was President in the early1960s. He was murdered during his fira term in offce. A fire bums all the time over President Kennedy's buiral place. More people have visited his grave than any other in the United States. Memorial Day's ceremonies also are being held at the VietnamVeterans' Memorial in Washington. The ceremonies honor all Ameri-cans killed in the war between the United Statesand Vienam in the1960s and 1970s. The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial was the idea of Jan Seruoos. Mr Scuggs fount …… |