The forgotten history of Memorial Day - New Jersey Monitor
Cities and towns across America have long claimed to be the holiday’s birthplace, but here's the story of how this holiday came into being.
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Cities and towns across America have long claimed to be the holiday’s birthplace, but here's the story of how this holiday came into being.
We have sifted through the myths and half-truths and uncovered the authentic story of how the Memorial Day holiday came into being.
In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the entire country.The holiday was Memorial Day, an annual commemoration that was born in the former...
Memorial Day was born in the former Confederate States in 1866 and adopted by the United States in 1868.
Memorial Day was born out of generous gestures after the Civil War: Southerners decorated graves of Confederate soldiers as well as those of former Union enemies.