Americans Observe Memorial Day - May 25, 2023

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1. 0:01Memorial Day is a national holiday observed in the United States on the last Monday in May.
2. 0:10This year, Memorial Day falls on May 29.
3. 0:15It is a day when Americans honor the men and women who have died fighting in America's wars.
4. 0:23For most Americans,
5. 0:27it also marks the unofficial start of summer.
6. 0:32It is a popular weekend for vacationing.
7. 0:37Memorial Day traditions include the observance at Arlington National Cemetery.
8. 0:44It is the most famous burial place in America.
9. 0:51The tradition began on May 30, 1868,
10. 0:56when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers in the cemetery.
11. 1:05It was called Decoration Day back then.
12. 1:09Since 1948,
13. 1:12on the Thursday before Memorial Day, soldiers from the third U.S.
14. 1:18infantry, the Old Guard, have placed small American flags in front of every headstone
15. 1:26in the cemetery.
16. 1:30Lines of simple white headstones mark the soldiers' graves.
17. 1:34But the 80 -hectare cemetery also serves as a burial place for people
18. 1:43of national and historical importance.
19. 1:48Two presidents are buried there, William Howard Taft and John F.
20. 1:54Kennedy. Other well-known people buried
21. 1:58at the cemetery include world champion boxer Joe Lewis,
22. 2:05North Pole explorer Robert E.
23. 2:08Perry, and the seven astronauts who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion.
24. 2:16Nearly 4 ,000 former slaves are also buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
25. 2:26One of them is James Parks.
26. 2:29He dug the first graves in the cemetery.
27. 2:35The best known memorial in the nation's capital, however, is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Memorial,
28. 2:43which opened in 1982.
29. 2:47In 1980 a group of former soldiers announced a competition to design a memorial.
30. 2:56The winner was Maya Lynn, a 21 -year-old student at Yale University in Newhaven, Connecticut.
31. 3:07Lynn designed a memorial formed by two walls of black stone about seventy-six meters long.
32. 3:17The walls meet to form a V.
33. 3:21The names of more than fifty-eight thousand Americans killed or declared missing in action,
34. 3:31are cut into the stone.
35. 3:34Almost any time of day you can see people looking for the name of a family member or friend
36. 3:42who died in the war.
37. 3:46Once they find the name, many rub a pencil on paper over the letters to copy it.
38. 3:55Many people leave remembrances at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
39. 4:02After the success of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial,
40. 4:06Congress approved a memorial to the Korean War veterans, which opened in In July of 1995,
41. 4:17the Korean War lasted from 1950 to 1953.
42. 4:25The memorial honors those who died.
43. 4:28It also honors those who survived.
44. 4:34One of the lesser-known memorials on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is often called the Temple.
45. 4:44The round stone structure honors people from the District of Columbia who died in World War I.
46. 4:54The war was fought from 1914 to 1918.
47. 5:01Between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument on the National is the World War II Memorial.
48. 5:12The U.S.
49. 5:13entered the war after Japan bombed the Navy base at Pearl Harbor,
50. 5:19Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
51. 5:2516 million men and And women served in the American military between 1941
52. 5:33and 1945.
53. 5:37More than 400 ,000 died.
54. 5:42The World War II Memorial is built of bronze and granite.
55. 5:48In the center, at ground level, is a round pool of water.
56. 5:53When the sun is just right, rainbows of color dance in the air.
57. 6:01Fifty-six stone pillars rise around the pool.
58. 6:07They represent each of the American states and territories, plus the District of Columbia,
59. 6:14at the time of the war.
60. 6:16There are not yet memorials for soldiers who died in America's most recent wars
61. 6:25in Iraq and Afghanistan.
62. 6:28The soldiers are buried in section 60 of Arlington Cemetery.
63. 6:35The section is often called the saddest place in America.
64. 6:42On Memorial Day, Americans are called to stop for one minute at three o 'clock local time
65. 6:50for the national moment of remembrance,
66. 6:53to honor the soldiers who have died in service to the country, no matter what wars they served in.
67. 7:03I'm Katie Weaver.
68. 7:06And I'm Mario Ritter, Jr.