print email comment close United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Memorial Day URL: http://www.va.gov/opa/speceven/memday/ Description: This page provides background on the U.S. Memorial Day holiday celebrated in May, covering history of the holiday (first celebrated following the Civil War) and the significance of taps and the poppy flower. Includes links to national cemeteries, veterans statistics, and other government pages on Memorial Day. From the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Publisher: United States Department of Veterans Affairs Extra Keywords decoration day Library of Congress Subject Headings: Holidays Memorial Day Veterans -- United States LII Database Information: Record 21466 created by Jennifer English on 05/08/2006 Last modification on 05/25/2006 Published: 05/11/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21466