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Support for a USS Arizona memorial received a huge boost on March 25, 1961, when Elvis Presley performed a benefit concert at Pearl Harbor.

Memorial Day's history begins after the Civil War. It became a federal holiday in 1971 and is marked with cemetery visits, parades and ceremonies.