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Confederate Memorial Day

observance day in a number of Southern states in the U.S. to honor those who died fighting for the Confederate States during the American Civil War
Event public_holiday Q5159677
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Summary

Confederate Memorial Day is a public holiday[1]. It draws 803 Wikipedia views per month (public holiday category, ranking #54 of 232).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: point in time with respect to recurrent timeframe[4]
  • Subclass of: annual commemoration[5]
  • Commons category: Confederate Memorial Day[6]
  • Commemorates: killed in action[7]
  • Inception: April 26, 1866[8]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: January 19[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Confederate Memorial Day[10]
  • Described at URL: https://www.ncpedia.org/confederate-memorial-day[11]
  • P14901: confederate-memorial-day[12]

Why It Matters

Confederate Memorial Day is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Lieutcoluseng · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Plaque image → Confederate Memorial Day historical marker.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Plaque image: Confederate Memorial Day historical marker.jpg"
  2. 26d ago · Tymewalk · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://www.ncpedia.org/confederate-memorial-day
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007562914905171
    Library of congress authority id → sh85083481
    Yale lux id → concept/081f2f6b-363c-49d4-afb1-ade634cb2b9d
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55023|batch #55023]]: Encyclopedia of Alabama update - add values for P14901 based on existing values of P6010"
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