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Memorial Day Weekend 2022: What’s Open, Closed In Maple Grove
Offices throughout Maple Grove will close Monday, but many restaurants and stores will be open, with some offering holiday deals.
MAPLE GROVE, MN — Maple Grove and Hennepin County government offices will be closed Monday, May 30, so that employees can observe the Memorial Day holiday. Those offices will resume regular business hours Tuesday.
Garbage and recycling will not be collected Monday, with pickups to be delayed by one day for the rest of the week for Maple Grove residents.
The Maple Grove Arts Center is scheduled to be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, but the Maple Grove Library will be closed.
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Memorial Day Ceremony Set For Monday At Maple Grove's Central Park
Banks, courts and post offices will also close Monday, but many restaurants and stores will be open for regular business hours, with some offering holiday deals.
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The Shoppes at Arbor Lakes will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday.
Businesses
- Costco: Warehouses are closed on Memorial Day.
- CVS: All stores will be open regular hours (some stores are open 24 hours). Check local store hours
- Target: Most stores will be open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Memorial Day weekend. Check local store hours
- Trader Joe's: Stores will be open regular hours on Memorial Day. Check local store hours
- Walgreens: Stores and pharmacies will be open regular hours, but vary by location. Check local store hours
- Walmart: Stores will be open regular hours. Check local store hours
- Whole Foods: Stores will be open regular hours for the holiday. Check local store hours
Maple Grove American Legion To Host '99 Flag' Ceremony Sunday
The Osseo/Maple Grove American Legion Post 172 is set to host its "99 Flag Ceremony" on Sunday evening, with the post and its auxiliary unit seeking volunteers to place American flags along County Road 81 for each of the 99 Minnesotans who died while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The local American Legion Post is also scheduled to host a Memorial Day ceremony at noon Monday at the Veterans Memorial in Central Park.
The tradition of honoring veterans who died in military service in late May dates back to 1868, when Gen. John A. Logan called for a day of remembrance to honor the lives of Union soldiers who were killed during the Civil War that had ended just a few years earlier.
Logan called it "Decoration Day," which it was known as for several years. As time passed, more and more people called it Memorial Day, and it became a federal holiday in 1971.
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Until World War I, Memorial Day, or Decoration Day, was only meant to honor those who died while fighting for the union in the Civil War, as Southern states honored their war dead on a separate day. After the 116,000-plus American deaths in World War I, the holiday took on a new role to remember all who have died while serving in the military.
Every year, a national moment of remembrance is held at 3 p.m. local time on Memorial Day. The midday time was chosen "because it is the time when many Americans are enjoying their freedoms on the national holiday," according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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