{"id":1094,"date":"2014-05-24T13:12:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T17:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/2013\/05\/26\/memorial-day-in-the-united-states\/"},"modified":"2014-05-24T13:12:10","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T17:12:10","slug":"memorial-day-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/2014\/05\/24\/memorial-day-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_921\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-921\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/2014\/05\/24\/memorial-day-in-the-united-states\/usa-memorial-day-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-921\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-921\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boston1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2013\/04\/usa-memorial-day3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"To Honor our Heroes\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">To Honor our Heroes<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333399\">Monday, May 26th <\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May. It was formally known as  Decoration Day and commemorates all men and women, who have died in military  service for the United States. Many people visit cemeteries and memorials on  Memorial Day and it is traditionally seen as the start of the summer season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, May 26th Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May. It was formally known as Decoration Day and commemorates all men and women, who have died in military service for the United States. 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