20 Facts about Memorial Day and why we observe it

Memorial Day 2020 may look a little different from normal. Usually, the celebration of freedom and remembrance marks the start of the summer season. Community pools open, barbeques are seen around town, and social gatherings are a tradition.

But 2020 will host a different kind of celebration, one that will require many Americans to reflect on the holiday's meaning from their own homes, due to COVID-19. There are a lot of things to think about when it comes to Memorial Day. Here are some facts about the celebration, and why it means a whole lot more than just a summer soiree.

Wild poppies grow amongst a crop of rapeseed in fields on June 23, 2011, in Corbridge, England. Poppies have come to symboliize fallen soldiers, a tradition that began with the poem"In Flanders Fields."Americans weren't the first to declare a day to remember lost loved ones. In Ancient Greece and Rome, a similar tradition existed to decorate the graves of those passed, even of soldiers, according to the History Channel.

Stolen Africans started the Memorial Day tradition that many will celebrate today.

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