It is time to remember and mourn the brave people who died while serving in the US Armed Forces.
Google recently launched its grey Doodle anew to celebrate Memorial Day and to honor the sacrifice and service of the brave men and women who died while serving in the Armed Forces.
The United States annually celebrates Memorial Day on the last Monday of May.
Google Doodle Memorial Day Details
Google's doodle for Memorial Day is as somber and solemn as it always is - it features a greyed-out version of Google's logo on a white background, a great motif to express solemnity and compassion to those who lost loved ones who died while in the line of duty.
The first time Google allegedly featured this doodle was back in 2019 to mark that year's Memorial Day.
Interestingly, versions of these in the past were also capable of playing "Taps," the bugle call performed at Armed Forces memorials and funerals, per Mashable. It also included a folded flag on the desktop version of the homepage, which takes users to a blog post by Google Veterans Network Lead Nick Ralston.
2022's Memorial Day doodle, meanwhile, featured the grey logo along with an animation of long-stemmed poppies that simulate slow movement through a breeze when users click the greyed-out logo.
A recorded message accompanies the animation, saying the following: "For all who sacrificed, thank you."
While Google has yet to show what's special with 2023's Doodle on its official Google Doodle page, it does show that the greyed-out logo is making a return.
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History of Memorial Day
Memorial Day, for those who celebrate it, is a day of somber mood and even more solemn remembrance of those who died in the line of duty in the Armed Forces. According to PBS, the event was previously known as Decoration Day due to the early tradition of decorating the graves of those who gave their lives in the line of duty with flowers, wreaths, and flags.
Decoration Day was first observed on May 30, 1868, to commemorate the sacrifices made by Civil War soldiers by the proclamation of Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic.
During the event's first communication, 5,000 participants helped decorate the graves of more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers who were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Gen, Logan chose May 30 to hold Decoration Day as it wasn't the anniversary of any particular battle, per History.
However, by 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which established Decoration Day, now called Memorial Day, on the last Monday in May to create a three-day weekend for federal employees. This idea may have helped countless families spend time with their departed loved ones much better and longer than going with the traditional May 30 date.
This change didn't go into effect until 1971.
Other Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries and memorials or wearing a red poppy in remembrance of those fallen in war - a tradition that has its roots in a World War 1 poem.
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