Home / Guided Primary Source Analyses / Featured Source: Honor the Brave, Memorial Day Guided Primary Source Analyses Featured Source: Honor the Brave, Memorial Day May 25, 2014March 15, 2020 “Honor the brave, Memorial Day, May 30, 1917.” 1917. Summary: Poster showing boys with fife and drum leading a parade of veterans and soldiers. Notes: In memory of American soldiers of the wars of 1775-1783, 1812-1814, 1846-1847, 1861-1865, 1898. Today in History: Memorial Day, curated collection of Library primary sources