Memorial Day's Forgotten History
Memorial Day was born in the former Confederate States in 1866 and adopted by the United States in 1868.
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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.
In the years following the Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by Confederates and spread it across the country.
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.
Towns across America have for more than a century claimed to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. Scholars have sifted through the myths.