Memorial Day 2019. In the United States, Memorial Day weekend kicks off the start of the summer season and with Labor Day weekend ending the summer. Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed every year on the last Monday in May.
Memorial Day weekend opens up the traditional summer travel season. At Memorial Day people honor all men an women who died during the war. Memorial Day (previously, but now seldom, called Decoration Day) is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the military personnel who had died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Many stores will not be closed Memorial Day because it is a big day for sales before summer starts.
Fueling up for Memorial Day:Gas prices may have already peaked as summer travel season kicks off.
Most government offices and some businesses are closed, or have special hours. It's obviously still a time for friends and family to. Memorial Day is a federal holiday and always falls on the last Monday of May.