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Congress made Memorial Day the last Monday in May via legislation in 1971.
Which state approved a ballot initiative in 1986 to follow suit?
- A. Arizona
- B. Nebraska
- C. New Mexico
- D. South Dakota
The correct answer was South Dakota.
The South Dakota Memorial Day Observance Initiative, also known as Initiative 1, was on the November 4, 1986 ballot in South Dakota as an indirect initiated state statute, where it was approved. The measure established the last Monday in May as the legal observance of Memorial Day in order to bring the state's observance in line with the federal observance of the holiday.[1][2]
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