Memorial-day
noun
1.
Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
2.
any of several days, as April 26, May 10, or June 3, similarly observed in various Southern states.
noun
1.
a holiday in the United States, May 30th in most states, commemorating the servicemen killed in all American wars
used in a general sense is from 1830s; as a specific holiday commemorating U.S. war dead (originally Northern soldiers killed in the Civil War) it began informally in late 1860s. officially from 1869 among veterans’ organizations.
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[muh-mawr-ee-uh-lahyz, -mohr-] /məˈmɔr i əˌlaɪz, -ˈmoʊr-/ verb (used with object), memorialized, memorializing. 1. to commemorate. 2. to present a to. /mɪˈmɔːrɪəˌlaɪz/ verb (transitive) 1. to honour or commemorate 2. to present or address a memorial to v. 1798, from memorial + -ize. Related: Memorialized; memorializing. Earlier verb was simply memorial (1731).
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[muh-mawr-ee-uh-list, -mohr-] /məˈmɔr i ə lɪst, -ˈmoʊr-/ noun 1. a person who writes . 2. a person who writes memoirs. /mɪˈmɔːrɪəlɪst/ noun 1. a person who writes or presents a memorial 2. a writer of a memoir or memoirs
- Memorialize
[muh-mawr-ee-uh-lahyz, -mohr-] /məˈmɔr i əˌlaɪz, -ˈmoʊr-/ verb (used with object), memorialized, memorializing. 1. to commemorate. 2. to present a to. /mɪˈmɔːrɪəˌlaɪz/ verb (transitive) 1. to honour or commemorate 2. to present or address a memorial to v. 1798, from memorial + -ize. Related: Memorialized; memorializing. Earlier verb was simply memorial (1731).
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