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First time. May 30, 1868. Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) [1] is one of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. [2] [3] It is observed on the last Monday of May.
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington D.C., dedicated to the memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, and to the era he represents. The memorial is one of two in Washington honoring Roosevelt. Dedicated on May 2, 1997, by President Bill Clinton, the national memorial ...
Memorial Day was started in 1868 by John A. Logan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, a patriotic organization of American Civil War veterans who served in the Union forces.
Built: 1914–1922: Architect: Henry Bacon (architect) Daniel Chester French (sculptor) Architectural style: Greek Revival: Visitation: 8,099,148 (2023) Website: Lincoln Memorial: NRHP reference No. 66000030: Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966
The memorial's design, by ROMA Design Group, a San Francisco-based architecture firm, was selected out of 900 candidates from 52 countries.On December 4, 2000, a marble and bronze plaque was laid by Alpha Phi Alpha to dedicate the site where the memorial was to be built.
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Built: 1939–1943: Architect: John Russell Pope; Eggers & Higgins: Architectural style: Classical Revival: Visitation: 2,312,726 (2005) Website: Thomas Jefferson Memorial: NRHP reference No. 66000029: Significant dates; Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966: Designated NMEM: April 13, 1943
The National D-Day Memorial is a war memorial located in Bedford, Virginia. It serves as the national memorial for American D-Day veterans. However, its scope is international in that it states, "In Tribute to the valor, fidelity and sacrifice of Allied Forces on D-Day, June 6, 1944" and commends all Allied Armed Forces during the D-Day ...
The construction was suspended from 1854 to 1877 due to funding challenges, a struggle for control over the Washington National Monument Society, and the American Civil War. The stone structure was completed in 1884, and the internal ironwork, the knoll, and installation of memorial stones was completed in 1888.
The USS Arizona Memorial was formally dedicated on May 30, 1962 (Memorial Day) by Texas Congressman and Chairman of Veteran Affairs Olin E. Teague and future-Governor John A. Burns. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.
The two unknowns were interred on Memorial Day on May 30, 1958. In August, 1960, Congress abolished the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Commission and transferred its duties to the Secretary of Defense. Although the commission had long ago fulfilled its basic mission of the construction of Memorial Amphitheater, it still had the legal authority ...