Remember WHY we celebrate Memorial Day this Monday. 
It began back in 1868 to decorate the graves of Civil War Soldiers.  Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service.   First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War (it is celebrated near the day of reunification after the civil war), it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action.