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The National Memorial Day Concert is a free annual concert performed on the west lawn of the
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in
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, in celebration of
Memorial DayMemorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War...
since 1989. Broadcast live on
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and NPR, the concert is viewed and heard by millions across the country and the world, as well as attended by more than half a million people at the Capitol.
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