Where observed
Where Memorial Day is observed
Memorial Day is observed in 1 country tracked here. Read the full brief
Observed in
- United StatesCountry page
Compare with related holidays
Memorial Day vs Veterans Day - same colors, different honor, six months apart
Memorial Day honors US service members who died in military service (last Monday of May). Veterans Day honors all who served, living or deceased (November 11). Both are federal holidays under 5 U.S.C. 6103, but they commemorate different populations.
ANZAC Day vs Memorial Day - two military memorial days, one dawn-service, one summer-vacation anchor
ANZAC Day (April 25) and US Memorial Day (last Monday of May) are both major military memorial days in their respective countries, both observed with formal ceremonies and public recognition, but the two have very different tones (solemn dawn service vs patriotic long-weekend) and very different ritual structures.
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At a glance
- Category
- Civic memorial
- Window
- May
- Date pattern
- nth-weekday