{"id":2033,"date":"2014-05-22T13:09:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/2014\/05\/22\/memorial-day\/"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:09:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T17:09:57","slug":"memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/2014\/05\/22\/memorial-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1283\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2014\/05\/P1090018-Copy1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"P1090018 - Copy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston-discovery-guide.com\/memorial-day.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080\">Fun things to do in Boston at Memorial Day weekend<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"ecxMsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #1f497d\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #1f497d\">Memorial  Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan,  national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, and was first  observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union  and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first  state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890  it was recognized by all of the northern states then others followed. It  is now celebrated on the last Monday in May (passed by Congress with  the National Holiday Act of 1971 to ensure a three day weekend for  Federal holidays).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #1f497d\">Americans honor those who have lost their lives <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #1f497d\">for their country <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #1f497d\">by visiting cemeteries, placing flags and flowers on graves, flying the U.S. flag at half-staff until noon<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #1f497d\"> and<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #1f497d\"> attending parades.<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #1f497d\"> <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #1f497d\">Children can be a part of Memorial Day too.\u00a0 Here are some links to children\u2019s activities:<\/span><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sunniebunniezz.com\/puzzles\/memdykws.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/sunniebunniezz.com\/puzzles\/memdykws.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sunniebunniezz.com\/puzzles\/memdymcr.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/sunniebunniezz.com\/puzzles\/memdymcr.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmemorialday.org\/activities\/flag\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.usmemorialday.org\/activities\/flag\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sunniebunniezz.com\/memdyjbc.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/sunniebunniezz.com\/memdyjbc.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston-discovery-guide.com\/memorial-day.html\">Fun things to do in Boston at Memorial Day weekend<\/a> Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/2014\/05\/22\/memorial-day\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27,35,95,140,275,325],"class_list":["post-2033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-au-pair-tips","tag-au-pair","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-aupair-info","tag-boston-au-pair-activities","tag-heike-kriszun","tag-memorial-day-in-boston"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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