Memorial Day

Summary

Memorial Day is a holiday^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,243 views/month, #4 of 616).^[2]

Key Facts

• Memorial Day is in the country of United States^[3].
• Memorial Day's image is recorded as Memorial Day ceremony (11594995774).jpg^[4].
• Memorial Day's instance of is recorded as holiday^[5].
• memorial is named after Memorial Day^[6].
• Memorial Day's follows is recorded as Washington's Birthday^[7].
• Memorial Day's followed by is recorded as Independence Day^[8].
• Memorial Day's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85083480^[9].
• Memorial Day's part of is recorded as federal holiday in the United States^[10].
• Memorial Day's Commons category is recorded as Memorial Day^[11].
• Memorial Day's commemorates is recorded as killed in action^[12].
• +1868-05-30T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Memorial Day^[13].
• Memorial Day's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fklh^[14].
• Memorial Day's day in year for periodic occurrence is recorded as last Monday in May^[15].
• Memorial Day's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[16].
• Memorial Day's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[17].
• Memorial Day's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Memorial-Day^[18].
• Memorial Day's BBC Things ID is recorded as a296967d-847b-4b7c-b10d-7e5c4553a33e^[19].
• Memorial Day's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en-us', 'text': 'Memorial Day'}^[20].
• Memorial Day's different from is recorded as Memorial Day^[21].
• Memorial Day's different from is recorded as Newfoundland & Labrador Memorial Day^[22].
• Memorial Day's FAST ID is recorded as 1015889^[23].
• Memorial Day's event interval is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+1'}^[24].
• Memorial Day's month of the year is recorded as May^[25].
• Memorial Day's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Inventaris Vlaanderen van het Immaterieel Cultureel Erfgoed^[26].
• Memorial Day's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as memorial-day^[27].

Why It Matters

Memorial Day ranks in the top 0.65% of holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,243 views/month, #4 of 616).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]