Memorial Day is considered as being one of the most important American holidays. It is a federal holiday that takes place on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is all about remembering those who have died serving their country. It gives respect to all men and women who took part in any military service.

Memorial Day speeches are always remembered and those such as Holmes’ 1884 Memorial Day speech will always be referred back to. It was such an incredible and touching speech.

It was a seven page speech given by Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr., delivered for Memorial Day, May 30, 1884 at Keene, NH. His was one of the longest remembered speeches for the Memorial holiday and delivered it with a more personal approach. His speech was emotional more than political and was felt deeply by those who have heard it.

Another of the more popular and remembered Memorial Day speeches given was one by Peter W. Scramm. As the executive direction of the Ashbrook Center Scramm addresses an enormous crowd and delivered a tearful address. He started off his address by saying that Memorial Day is a day unlike any other. He discussed how communities and towns have been coming together to celebrate this day and mark it in history.

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Throughout his speech he continuously made reference to different points of time in different wars and about the significance of this holiday to use to continue remembering those fallen in the wars.

 Schramm focused more on the religious side of it and gave many statistics in his speech. He was always humble and gave the war veterans and their loved ones the respect they deserve.

Using these famous Memorial Day speeches can very well help you to come up with your own. Without directly copying any of the speeches, you can use them to come up with ideas and make your own just as amazing speech. Whether you are someone in politics who will be addressing a speech to thousands or in school and expected to give a speech to your fellow students, it is important you take your time and come up with the best speech that you can.

What better way to go about this than by reviewing some of the best Memorial Day speeches ever given? As long as you are not actually plagiarizing any of their work, it is absolutely okay to take ideas from such well known and revered speeches.

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