When was memorial day declared a national holiday?
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When was the act signed that made Memorial Day a national holiday? When did the law go into effect, making Memorial Day a national holiday?
June 18, 1968
1971
Memorial Day
When was memorial day declared a national holiday?
Memorial Day Federal holidays in the United States Martin Luther King Jr. Day Veterans Day Confederate Memorial Day Armistice Day Public holidays in South Korea Labor Day Holocaust Memorial Days Holidays in Nazi Germany
... <b>founded</b> in Decatur, Illinois. With his proclamation, Logan adopted the 
<b>Memorial Day</b> practice that had begun&nbsp;... ... Day &middot; Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. Washington&#39;s Birthday &middot; <b>Memorial Day</b> &middot; 
Independence Day &middot; Labor Day &middot; Columbus Day &middot; Veterans Day &middot; Thanksgiving 
Day &middot; Christmas Day. In the United States, a federal <b>holiday</b> is an authorized 
<b>holiday</b> which has been recognized by ... Examples of presidentially <b>declared</b> 
<b>holidays</b> were the days of the funerals for&nbsp;... Martin Luther King Jr. <b>Day</b> is an American federal <b>holiday</b> marking the birthday of 
Martin Luther ... Only two other figures have <b>national holidays</b> in the U.S. 
honoring them: George Washington and Christopher Columbus. ... Death and 
<b>memorial</b> ... Democratic New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan <b>declared</b> the 
document&nbsp;... Veterans Day is a federal <b>holiday</b> in the United States observed annually on 
November 11, for ... Veterans Day is distinct from <b>Memorial Day</b>, a U.S. public 
<b>holiday</b> in May. Veterans Day celebrates the ... of <b>National</b> Veterans Day. Weeks 
led the first <b>national</b> celebration in 1947 in Alabama and annually until his death 
in 1985. Confederate <b>Memorial Day</b> is a cultural <b>holiday</b> observed in several Southern 
U.S. states on ... that the <b>national Memorial Day holiday</b> is a direct offshoot of the 
observance ... Ascension of Baháʼu&#39;lláh (NJ, religious); Ascension of Our Lord (
NJ, religious); Caliphate Day (religious); <b>Declaration</b> of the Bab (NJ, religious)&nbsp;... Armistice Day is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the 
armistice signed ... The date is a <b>national holiday</b> in France, and was <b>declared a</b> 
<b>national holiday</b> in many Allied nations. ... The official <b>national</b> remembrance of 
those killed in action is <b>Memorial Day</b>, which predates World War I. Some, 
including&nbsp;... Public <b>holidays</b> in South Korea each belong to one or more of three categories: 
<b>National</b> day ... In the beginning, Independence <b>Declaration</b> Day (March 1) was 
first ... All the <b>National</b> Celebration Days, <b>Memorial Day</b> (half staff), Armed Forces
&nbsp;... Labor Day in the United States of America is a public <b>holiday</b> celebrated on the 
first Monday in ... Maguire is credited for first proposing that a <b>national</b> Labor Day 
<b>holiday</b> subsequently be held on the first Monday of each September in the ... 
Labor unions in the United States &middot; United States labor law &middot; Workers&#39; <b>Memorial</b> 
<b>Day</b>&nbsp;... Holocaust <b>Memorial Day</b> or Holocaust Remembrance Day is an annual day 
designated by ... commemoration. The days are generally not <b>declared</b> public 
<b>holidays</b>. ... Ireland, Sunday closest to 27 January, <b>National</b> Holocaust <b>Memorial</b> 
<b>Day</b>. Others were traditional German <b>holidays</b>. Heroes&#39; <b>Memorial Day</b> was celebrated 
on 16 March, <b>National</b> Labour Day on 1 May, Mothering Sunday in May,&nbsp;...
1971
Memorial Day