Definition of Decoration day

1. Noun. Legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war.

Exact synonyms: Memorial Day
Generic synonyms: Legal Holiday, National Holiday, Public Holiday
Group relationships: May

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decoration Day

Decemberist
Decemberists
Decemberly
Decembers
Decembery
Decembr
Decembre
Decembrist
Decembrists
Decima
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Decius
Declan
Declaration of Independence
Declomycin
Decoration Day
Decuma
Decumaria
Decumaria barbara
Decumaria barbata
Dedekindian
Dee
Deems Taylor
Deep North
Deep South
Deep Throat
Deep Throats
Deep Vent DNA polymerase
Deepak
Deepfreeze

Literary usage of Decoration day

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Werner's Readings and RecitationsRecitations (1892)
"(35) decoration day. AA Fish. ($1.50) Artemus Ward's Trip to Richmond. ... decoration day. WF Morton. (16) A Christmas story of the war. rom. ..."

2. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll (1901)
"decoration day ORATION.* 1882. THIS day is sacred to our heroes dead. Upon their tombs we have lovingly laid the wealth of Spring. ..."

3. Public Papers and Addresses of Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-third President of by Benjamin Harrison (1893)
"decoration day CEREMONIES. [In Independence Hall, Philadelphia, May 3O, 1891.] Mr. Mayor, comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, and fellow-citizens ..."

4. Mr. Munchausen: Being a True Account of Some of the Recent Adventures Beyond by John Kendrick Bangs (1901)
"I might try—but it will all depend upon whether you want me to tell you about decoration day as it is celebrated in the United States, or the way a band of ..."

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