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1937 Memorial Day massacre. / 41.682895°N 87.539912°W / 41.682895; -87.539912. In the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937. The incident took place during the Little Steel strike in the United States.
Maggie Duly. May 25, 2024 at 12:49 PM. CHICAGO - Chicagoans gathered downtown to commemorate fallen heroes of the United States Armed Forces Saturday. The City kicked off Memorial Day Weekend with ...
The Grand Review of the Armies was a military procession and celebration in the national capital city of Washington, D.C., on May 23–24, 1865, following the Union victory in the American Civil War (1861–1865). [1] Elements of the Union Army in the United States Army paraded through the streets of the capital to receive accolades from the ...
Memorial Day Parade. Chicago's Memorial Day Parade begins at 12 p.m. Saturday, going south on State Street and to Lake and Van Buren Street. Ahead of the parade is the wreath-laying ceremony at ...
Commemoration of Casimir Pulaski. Casimir Pulaski ( March 6, 1745 – October 11, 1779) was a Polish nobleman, soldier and military commander who has been called "the father of the American cavalry". He has had hundreds of monuments, memorial plaques, streets, parks and similar objects named after him.
The Ashley Legion Post 673 Memorial Day Committee has announced the schedule and lineup for the 142nd Annual Memorial Day Parade. The parade will start at 9 a.m. on Monday May 27, along Main ...
Memorial Day. Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) [1] is one of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. [2] [3] It is observed on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is also considered the unofficial beginning of ...
Getty Images Memorial Day is one of those tricky holidays that falls on a different date from year to year, but unlike Easter, which jumps all over the spring, Memorial Day is always on the last ...