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Help us expand our reach! Please share this article on social media Here, in the Archdiocese of Boston, the customs that started back in the 1860s are still holding steadfast to this day. While summer doesn t officially start until June 20, families everywhere unofficially celebrate Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial start to summer with the first picnics and barbeques of the year. For many others, however, Catholics included, Memorial Day weekend remains true to its intended purpose to honor men and women who died while serving this country in the U.S. military. The roots of Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, are planted in the mid-1800s and in our country s cemeteries. The Civil War saw more casualties than any other conflict in U.S. history, requiring the government to create our country s first national cemeteries. By the late 1860s, Americans in various towns had begun holding springtime tributes to these fallen soldiers and decorating their graves with flo

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