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New page: '''Memorial Day Weekend''' is a holiday weekend centered around Wikipedia:Memorial Day, which takes place on the last Monday in May. The holiday was established after the [[Civil War]...
'''Memorial Day Weekend''' is a holiday weekend centered around [[Wikipedia:Memorial Day|Memorial Day]], which takes place on the last Monday in May. The holiday was established after the [[Civil War]] to recognize fallen soldiers. In the South, it was known as [[Decoration Day]], took place on [[May 30]] and memorialized Confederate dead.
Memorial Day was moved to the last Monday in May as part of the [[Wikipedia:Uniform Holidays Bill|Uniform Holidays Bill]] of [[1968]]. The Monday closure of schools and many workplaces created a three-day weekend during which many Americans travel and take vacations. For beach communities like [[Pensacola Beach]], Memorial Day Weekend effectively marks the beginning of the summer tourism season.
Since the mid-1980s, a number of gay and lesbian organizations in the South have gathered in Pensacola during Memorial Day Weekend for parties and other events. Promoter [[Johnny Chisholm]] has organized many of these circuit parties since [[1993]], when festivities were located in the [[Pensacola Civic Center]].<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070527/ap_on_re_us/redneck_riviera_gays Gays Flock to Fla. Panhandle for Holiday]. Associated Press, May 27, 2007.</ref>
In [[2004]], the gay and lesbian events drew as many as 60,000 visitors per year. Later that year, [[Hurricane Ivan]] damaged the businesses and infrastructure on Pensacola Beach, causing a tourism decline in subsequent years, but by [[2007]] an estimated 50,000 tourists arrived for Memorial Day Weekend.<ref>"Hotels filling fast for holiday weekend." ''Pensacola News Journal'', May 24, 2007.</ref>
==See also==
*[[Lee Square]]
*[[Veterans Memorial Park]]
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Holidays]]
[[Category:LGBT]]
[[Category:Tourism]]
Memorial Day was moved to the last Monday in May as part of the [[Wikipedia:Uniform Holidays Bill|Uniform Holidays Bill]] of [[1968]]. The Monday closure of schools and many workplaces created a three-day weekend during which many Americans travel and take vacations. For beach communities like [[Pensacola Beach]], Memorial Day Weekend effectively marks the beginning of the summer tourism season.
Since the mid-1980s, a number of gay and lesbian organizations in the South have gathered in Pensacola during Memorial Day Weekend for parties and other events. Promoter [[Johnny Chisholm]] has organized many of these circuit parties since [[1993]], when festivities were located in the [[Pensacola Civic Center]].<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070527/ap_on_re_us/redneck_riviera_gays Gays Flock to Fla. Panhandle for Holiday]. Associated Press, May 27, 2007.</ref>
In [[2004]], the gay and lesbian events drew as many as 60,000 visitors per year. Later that year, [[Hurricane Ivan]] damaged the businesses and infrastructure on Pensacola Beach, causing a tourism decline in subsequent years, but by [[2007]] an estimated 50,000 tourists arrived for Memorial Day Weekend.<ref>"Hotels filling fast for holiday weekend." ''Pensacola News Journal'', May 24, 2007.</ref>
==See also==
*[[Lee Square]]
*[[Veterans Memorial Park]]
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Holidays]]
[[Category:LGBT]]
[[Category:Tourism]]
