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A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center

May 25, 2009


Many cities and towns claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day in the U.S., but Waterloo, N.Y., was declared the official birthplace by President Lyndon Johnson and Congress in 1966. A ceremony to honor local veterans of the Civil War was held there on May 5, 1866.

Source: Department of Veterans Affairs