Decoration Day

English

Etymology

So called from the practice of decorating the military graves with flowers.

Noun

Decoration Day

1. (US, dated) Memorial Day.
   • 2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, page 16:

     When Carney heard they were renaming Decoration Day and moving it from May 30th to the last Monday in May, he hadn’t seen the point.

References

• “Decoration Day”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.