Along with getting together with family and having a barbecue or picnic many people observe Memorial Day by carrying or hanging flags, visiting cemeteries to put flags by the graves of soldiers, and visiting nation memorials.\u00a0 There are also usually Memorial Day parades in towns both big and small.\u00a0 These parades include current and former soldiers marching along with Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, military vehicles, and marching bands.<\/p>\n
Although almost every city in the United States has some sort of Memorial Day parade and concert, the parades and concerts in the nation’s capitol, Washington, D.C., are very prominent and usually broadcasted on TV.\u00a0 Along with fireworks, patriotic songs are a key component of these Memorial Day celebrations.\u00a0 Some famous patriotic American songs that are usually played at Memorial Day concerts include: America the Beautiful<\/a>, I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy<\/a>, The Star Spangled Banner<\/a>, and You’re a Grand Old Flag<\/a>.\u00a0 You can see the lyrics to any of these songs if you click on the song title.<\/p>\n Does your country have a similar holiday to the American Memorial Day?\u00a0 How are soldiers and service members in your country remembered and honored?\u00a0 Please feel free to leave a comment on this post to share with us about your country’s holiday similar to America’s Memorial Day and to practice your English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today is Memorial Day in the United States.\u00a0 Memorial Day is a holiday that is observed every year in the USA on the last Monday of May. This is a major federal holiday, which means that all government workers as well as most other people have the day off from work, leading to all…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2012\/04\/memorial-day1.jpg\")