Memorial Day 2024 Partner Outreach Kit
Thank you for supporting the National Veterans Memorial and Museum (NVMM)! We appreciate your willingness to engage your employees and audiences with the NVMM around our Memorial Day Weekend programming.
This year, we honor the brave men and women who lost their lives protecting our freedoms with a powerful series of ceremonies and events at the Museum and online.
SATURDAY, MAY 25
CrossFit Hero Workout – “THE MURPH”
Join the NVMM, Rogue, and CrossFit Clintonville on Saturday, May 25, for a workout in honor Medal of Honor recipient and Navy SEAL, Lieutenant Michael Murphy.
SATURDAY, MAY 25 | 11 A.M.
Motorcycle Ride to the NVMM
This Memorial Day, let’s come together to honor the brave heroes who gave their all for our freedom. Riding from wherever you are, meet us at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum to pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Together, we’ll stand united in honoring their legacy and supporting their families.
SUNDAY, MAY 26 | 7 P.M. | FREE
Gold Star Family Candlelight Vigil
Our guest speaker is Tara Harris, eldest daughter of First Sergeant Glenn Harris of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, who was killed in a training accident barely a year after returning home from the Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia, in October 1993. Harris will share her path to healing by reaching out to the Rangers who knew her father best. Tara discovered the surprising power of redirecting grief into something larger than herself.
MONDAY, MAY 27 | 10 A.M. | IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony
The keynote message will be provided by Secretary Patrick J. Murphy, America’s first Iraq War Veteran elected to the U.S. Congress and the 32nd Under Secretary of the U.S. Army. He will share a powerful message about the importance of paying tribute to our fallen soldiers and their families, as well as how you can honor their legacy of service.
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Promoting Memorial Day Weekend Events
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This May, join us and the @National Veterans Memorial and Museum to honor the bravery and sacrifice of our nation’s fallen service members through a series of in-person and online events:
★ CrossFit Hero Workout – “The Murph”
★ Motorcycle Ride to the NVMM
★ Gold Star Family Candlelight Vigil
★ Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony
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This May, join us and the @NationalVMM to honor the bravery and sacrifice of our nation’s fallen service members through a series of in-person and online events. Explore: https://bit.ly/3JlgaA9
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Honor the bravery and sacrifice of our nation’s fallen service members with a series of in-person and online events at the @nationalvmm. To learn more, head to the link in their bio.
Promoting the Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony
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Commemorate Memorial Day on May 27 with the @National Veterans Memorial and Museum’s annual Remembrance Ceremony in-person and online at 10 a.m. The keynote speaker is Secretary Patrick J. Murphy, America’s first Iraq War Veteran elected to the U.S. Congress and the 32nd Under Secretary of the U.S. Army. Following the ceremony, continue to honor our nation’s fallen service members on social media with #NVMM, #MemorialDay and #IWillAlwaysRemember.
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Join us at the @NationalVMM on #MemorialDay (5/27) for their annual Remembrance Ceremony at 10 a.m. featuring keynote speaker Secretary Patrick J. Murphy, the 32nd Under Secretary of the U.S. Army. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3JjEGSc
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Remember our fallen service members at the @nationalvmm’s annual Remembrance Ceremony on May 27 featuring keynote speaker Secretary Patrick J. Murphy, America’s first Iraq War Veteran elected to the U.S. Congress and the 32nd Under Secretary of the U.S. Army. To learn more and register, head to the link in their bio.
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Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony Description
When: Monday, May 27, 2024
Where: In-Person at the Museum, and streamed online via Facebook and YouTube
In-Person Cost: $5
While Memorial Day has come to be known as the unofficial start of summer, it is important for us to remember the true meaning of the day. Memorial Day is a time to remember and honor all the men and women who have lost their lives in service to our country, as well as the families they left behind.
We invite you to join us in reflecting on their sacrifice with our annual Remembrance Ceremony beginning at 10 a.m. (ET) on the National Veterans Memorial and Museum rooftop. The keynote message will be provided by Secretary Patrick J. Murphy, America’s first Iraq War Veteran elected to the U.S. Congress and the 32nd Under Secretary of the U.S. Army. He will share a powerful message about the importance of paying tribute to our fallen soldiers and their families, as well as how you can honor their legacy of service.
About Keynote Speaker Secretary Patrick J. Murphy
Secretary Patrick J. Murphy is a Vetrepreneur, Board Chairman & Change Agent as the Leading Voice of the 9/11 Generation. America’s first Iraq War veteran elected to the U.S. Congress & the 32nd Under Secretary of the US Army, he is now a Wharton Business School Lecturer, Emmy award-winning producer, and a Senior Managing Director at Ankura, one of the top management consulting companies in the world. Passionate about entrepreneurship, he has invested tens of millions directly to his fellow Vetrepreneurs through Stony Lonesome Capital, a boutique venture capital firm investing in 49 Veteran-owned companies, including Work Merk, the winning-habits company he co-founded. Secretary Murphy serves on several corporate and non-profit boards to include: BAE Systems, Director; Oracle Cerner Health, Chairman Government Advisory; and several other privately-held companies.
As the 32nd Under Secretary of the Army and Acting Secretary, he led the management and operation of the Army—a Fortune 2-sized organization & the Nation’s second largest employer with over 1.3 million Soliders & civilians, with a budget of $148+ billion. His focus transforming a more innovative and diverse workforce led to an expansion of the Soldier for Life initiative, saving the Army $340 million in 2016 in UCX and reaching recruitment goals for the first time in five years with over 120K ‘Gen Z’ Americans hired, of which 42% were People of Color & the most diverse graduating class in West Point history. Secretary Murphy developed unprecedented public-private partnerships generating over $250 million in taxpayer savings and opening Army Air Force Exchange department stores to all 18 million veterans for online shopping, expanding their reach beyond their 4K brick & mortar stores & increasing revenue to over $7.5 billion.
A world class communicator, he is the founder of an Emmy & CLIO award-winning strategic engagement & film production company, Taking the Hill LLC, specializing in gritty military & veteran projects of his 9/11 Generation. Television & film projects produced include: ‘Warrior Class’ (TBD, 2023); ‘Cherry’ (Apple/Russo Brothers, 2021); ‘Thank You For Your Service’ (Dreamworks/Universal, 2017); ‘Side by Side’ (NBC, 2020) & host/executive producer for ‘Taking The Hill’ (NBC 2011–2015) & ‘The Triumph Games’ (CBS Sports, 2015–2016). He authored the book “Taking the Hill” (Henry Holt, 2008).
History of Memorial Day
Memorial Day, as we know it today, is a holiday observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military and marking the unofficial start of summer. But this hasn’t always been the case. Did you know Memorial Day grew from a tradition known as Decoration Day?
The Civil War, which ended in the spring of 1865, claimed more lives than any conflict in U.S. history. More than 600,000 soldiers from both the Union and Confederate armies fell during the war, leading to the establishment of our country’s first national cemeteries. By the late 1860s, Americans across the country were holding springtime tributes to their fallen loved ones, decorating their graves with flowers and reciting prayers.
On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, and 5,000 people gathered to decorate the graves of 20,000 Civil War soldiers buried there. By 1890, Decoration Day was an official state holiday in Northern states. Southern states, on the other hand, continued to honor their fallen on separate days until after World War I.
Memorial Day, as Decoration Day gradually came to be known, originally honored only those lost while fighting in the Civil War. But during World War I the United States found itself embroiled in another major conflict, and the holiday evolved to commemorate American military personnel who died in all wars, including World War II, the Vietnam War, the Korean War and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Memorial Day was observed on May 30 until 1968 when Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, establishing Memorial Day as the last Monday in May in order to create a three-day weekend for federal employees. This change went into effect in 1971 and also made Memorial Day a federal holiday.
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2023 Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony
The keynote message was provided by General Michael Garrett, U.S. Army (Retired) who spent 37 years commanding units in combat operations. He shared the importance of remembering our fallen service members.
Dedicate a Flag
This Memorial Day, let’s turn the National Veterans Memorial and Museum front lawn into a tribute of honor, gratitude, and remembrance.
Join us in honoring the service and sacrifices of our nation’s heroes by dedicating a flag with a donation of $20 or more.
With your contribution, you can submit your loved one’s name to be listed on the NVMM website to ensure the memories of our fallen heroes are never forgotten. Make a meaningful impact this Memorial Day by dedicating a flag at the NVMM.
