On the final Monday of May, Americans set aside the day to honor those who died on the battlefield.
Memorial Day, America's Solemn Holiday of Remembrance
![A poster honors veterans, showing a boy and an old soldier saluting each other, and girl presenting the soldier with bouquet of flowers. (photo courtesy of the Federal Art Project in New York, 1936 or 1937]](https://gdb.voanews.com/577B06E4-CA09-4848-BD2F-D85D3EA6F6F2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A poster honors veterans, showing a boy and an old soldier saluting each other, and girl presenting the soldier with bouquet of flowers. (photo courtesy of the Federal Art Project in New York, 1936 or 1937]
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American soldiers look for the graves of friends following Memorial Day rites in Brookwood cemetery in Surrey, South of London on May 30, 1945.
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Ashland, Aroostook County, Maine. Memorial Day ceremonies Contributor Names Collier, John, 1913-1992, photographer Created / Published 1943 May.
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U.S. and NATO’s forces observe a moment of silence during an event to mark the Memorial Day Ceremony at the U.S Camp Eggers base in Kabul, Afghanistan on May 26, 2008.