When Is Decoration Day 2024. When is memorial day 2024? Logan chose may 30 to be celebrated as decoration day when the graves of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives during the war with be decorated with flowers.

Memorial day began under the name “decoration day” in 1868 — three years after the civil war ended — and was declared a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. In 2024, memorial day is on monday, may 27.