decoration day was changed to memorial day in 1967.
decoration day was changed to memorial day in 1967.
when was decoration day changed to memorial day?
1967
the name "memorial day", which was first attested in 1882, gradually became more common than "decoration day" after world war ii but was not declared the official name by federal law until 1967. on june 28, 1968, congress passed the uniform monday holiday act, which moved four holidays, including memorial day, from their traditional dates to a specified monday in order to create a convenient three-day weekend. the change moved memorial day from its traditional may 30 date to the last monday in may. the law took effect at the federal level in 1971. after some initial confusion and unwillingness to comply, all 50 states adopted congress's change of date within a few years.
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decoration day is the former name of memorial day, a united states holiday.









































decoration day may also refer to:









































bullet::::- "decoration day" (album), a 2003 album by drive-by truckers









































bullet::::- "decoration day" (film), a 1990 american film based on a novel by john william corrington









































bullet::::- "decoration day", the second movement of "" by american composer charles ives









































bullet::::- "decoration day" (song), a song by sonny boy williamson i, later performed by john lee hooker on the album "it serves you right to suffer"









































bullet::::- decoration day (canada), a canadian holiday
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