Confederate Memorial Day

American  

noun

1. a day set aside in the South to pay tribute to those who served with the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. It is observed on April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; on May 10 in North Carolina and South Carolina; on May 30 in Virginia; and on June 3 in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee.

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Etymology

Origin of Confederate Memorial Day

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Louisiana in 2022 removed Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the list of state holidays.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Civil War, Southern states celebrated Confederate Memorial Day on a different date than the North’s Decoration Day; the holidays didn’t merge until World War I.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2022

South Carolina is one of six states in the South to observe a Confederate Memorial Day, although the dates vary.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2018

It was just a year ago that the city decided to end its practice of hanging three Confederate flags from traffic light poles at the “Appomattox” statue on Lee’s birthday and on Confederate Memorial Day.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2016

House pushed to display it on Confederate Memorial Day — a holiday in nine states — and sell it in souvenir shops on federal lands.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2015