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Old 11-08-2003, 09:32 PM
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why do people celebrate it in may O.o

ours is (closest sunday) to the signing of the cease fire; the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
Yours seems to make more sense. For those who care, here is a link to a short history of Memorial Day in the US. It seems to have started as a Civil War rememberance and then evolved.

http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html

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Old 11-08-2003, 09:46 PM
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For us this day is the third Sunday of May. Why then... I don't know.
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Both my Grandads fought in the war so il be thinking about them at 11 2moro
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