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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Victory Day
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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Confederate Heroes Day
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:United_Daughters_of_the_Confederacy
gptkb:Sons_of_Confederate_Veterans
gptkb:Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy
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gptkbp:commemorates
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Confederate soldiers
Confederate dead
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gptkbp:controversy
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commemoration of Confederate cause
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gptkbp:customs
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memorial services
parades
placing flowers on graves
flying Confederate flags
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gptkbp:dateObserved
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varies by state
April 26 (Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi)
January 19 (Texas)
June 3 (Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee)
May 10 (North Carolina, South Carolina)
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gptkbp:debatedBy
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public commemoration of Confederacy
removal as state holiday in some states
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gptkbp:decliningObservance
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21st century
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gptkbp:firstObserved
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1866
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Confederate Memorial Day
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gptkbp:legalStatus
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removed as holiday in Arkansas (2017)
removed as holiday in Georgia (2015)
state holiday in Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina
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gptkbp:observedBy
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gptkb:Alabama
gptkb:Arkansas
gptkb:Florida
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:Kentucky
gptkb:Louisiana
gptkb:Maryland
gptkb:Mississippi
gptkb:Missouri
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkb:South_Carolina
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkb:Texas
gptkb:Virginia
gptkb:West_Virginia
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gptkbp:originatedIn
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gptkb:Southern_United_States
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gptkbp:purpose
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to honor Confederate soldiers who died during the American Civil War
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Memorial_Day
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gptkbp:status
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not a federal holiday
official holiday in some Southern states
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gptkbp:type
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gptkb:public_holiday
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Southern_Memorial_Association
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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