Question: Memorial Day was originally established to honor fallen soldiers of which war?
Answer: Memorial Day was started to pay tribute to the many soldiers killed in the Civil War. The official birthplace of the holiday is Waterloo, New York, which first paid honor to its Civil War dead on May 5, 1866, by closing local businesses and decorating the graves of soldiers. Congress made it an official federal holiday in the 1968 Uniform Monday Holiday Act.
