In the United States, Memorial Day is a public holiday when people honour the memory of Americans who have died in wars. Memorial Day is celebrated in most states on the last Monday in May.
Memorial Day in British English
noun
a holiday in the United States, May 30th in most states, commemorating the servicemen killed in all American wars
Memorial Day in American English
US
a legal holiday in the U.S. (the last Monday in May in most states) in memory of the dead members of the armed forces of all wars; Decoration Day: in Southern states, Confederate Memorial Day is variously observed on April 26, May 10, June 3, etc.
Examples of 'Memorial Day' in a sentence
Memorial Day
He didn't show at the Memorial Day parade, this year or last.
Mark Mills AMAGANSETT (2004)
Do you think people are going to bring out their picnics and flowers on Memorial Day and sit there over empty graves?