Since 1971, thememorialdayholidayhasbeenobservedonthelastMondayinMay.
1971 年からは、5 月の最終月曜日に記念日が設けられています。
It's cometosymbolizetheunofficialbeginningofsummer, a timeofcookoutsandfamilyreunions, a timewhenAmericanscanwearwhiteshoesagain, accordingtoanold-fashionedfashionedrule.
Historiansbelieveitstartedwithanaccusationagainst a blackman, a confrontationbetweenblackandwhitemobs, thefatalshootingof a whiteprotestor, andthenwidespreaddestructionofanAfricanAmericanneighborhoodofTulsa, Oklahoma.
Tensionsbetweenresidentsreached a tippingpointafteranincidentinsideanelevatorwhenanunconfirmedrumorbegantospreadthat a 19-year-oldblackmantriedtohurt a 17-year-oldwhitegirl.
Attheendofourfirstspacewalk, I stoppedonthetrussjustfor a second⏤anditwasnighttime⏤and I lookeddownbelow, and I could... itwas... I knewexactlywhere I was.