INDIANAPOLIS, IN May 1920: Tommy Milton drove this Duesenberg to a third place finish in the Indianapolis 500 AAA Indy Car race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (note burn mark on hood). Milton would go on to win the Memorial Day classic twice, in 1921 and 1923. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)
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Crowds gather outside the Lincoln Memorial for a Memorial Day dedication in 1922 in Washington D.C. (Photo by National Archives/Newsmakers)
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Cars filled the parking lots on Memorial Day. Boston, 1949.

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A traffic jam in New York City on Memorial Day Weekend, 1949.

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PARIS, FRANCE - MAY: Military ceremony on the Champs Elysees for US Memorial Day in May 1929 in Paris, France. (Photo by Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
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