Did You Know These Interesting Facts About Memorial Day - Interesting Facts About Memorial Day

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Did You Know These Interesting Facts About Memorial Day - Interesting Facts About Memorial Day
Did You Know These Interesting Facts About Memorial Day
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Chapter 1: 00:00 - 00:05 Did You Know
Chapter 2: 00:06 - 00:14 Hello peoples. A very warm welcome to you! It is lovely to have your presence among us! And on that note.
Chapter 3: 00:15 - 00:22 Did you know Memorial Day originally honor the soldiers who lost their lives during the American Civil War.
Chapter 4: 00:23 - 00:29 Did you know the Civil War Memorial Day was formerly known as Decoration Day.
Chapter 5: 00:30 - 00:42 Did you know Waterloo, N.Y., won congressional recognition as the birthplace of Memorial Day. The town began holding a yearly community service on May 5, 1866.
Chapter 6: 00:43 - 00:56 Did you know originally, Memorial Day was observed on May 30. Not until 1971 when the holiday was moved to the last Monday in May to secure a longer weekend.
Chapter 7: 00:57 - 01:03 Did you know In 1971, Memorial Day also became a federal holiday.
Chapter 8: 01:04 - 01:37 Did you know The Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, one of the largest cemeteries in the world, holds Memorial Day ceremonies for the 400,000 military veterans buried in the cemetery. Around 5,000 people will attend Memorial Day ceremonies and some of them will have a picnic meal on the ground of the cemetery which was a Memorial Day tradition. Some people in rural areas of the south still practice it.
Chapter 9: 01:38 - 01:46 Did you know that more than 39 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more over Memorial Day.
Chapter 10: 01:47 - 02:00 Did you know Congress passed the National Moment of Remembrance Act In 2000 which asks all Americans to pause for a moment of silence at 3:00 pm on Memorial Day.
Chapter 11: 02:01 - 02:15 Did you know this moment of remembrance is for everyone to participate by pausing for one minute of silent consideration, wherever they happen to be and whatever they happen to be doing.
Chapter 12: 02:16 - 02:28 Did you know that the large companies and organizations such as Greyhound, Amtrak, MLB, Empire State Building and others honor this moment of remembrance.
Chapter 13: 02:29 - 02:53 Did you know many Northern states held similar memorial events and repeated the tradition in following years. By 1890 each one had made Decoration Day an official state holiday. Southern states, on the other hand, continued to honor the dead on separate days until after World War I when they finally adopted the holiday.
Chapter 14: 02:54 - 03:03 Did you know after World War I, Memorial Day was widen to include American soldiers fallen in all wars, not just the Civil War.
Chapter 15: 03:04 - 03:32 Did you know On Memorial Day, bikers hold an event known as the Rolling Thunder Run. This rally is one of the biggest show of American patriotism held yearly during Memorial Day weekend. The best spots to watch this rally is on the Arlington Memorial Bridge and on Constitution Avenue. Then you'll find out why the rally is called the Rolling Thunder.
Chapter 16: 03:33 - 03:44 Did you know Memorial Day is now the second-most-popular holiday (after the Fourth of July) for a barbecue with over 53 percent of people grilling on the holiday.
Chapter 17: 03:45 - 03:55 Now its time for me to get my grill ready to barbecue. I wish you all a good and safe Memorial Day weekend. Bye
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