I lost count of the Memorial Day stories that came into my feed reader, but I “starred” about two dozen that combined the words “Boy Scouts, “flags,” and “Memorial Day.” I thought I’d try to count the numbers of Scouts (Girl Scouts, too), and the number of veterans graves that the Scouts decorated with flags [...]
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How Memorial Day began
Posted in History on May 23rd, 2007
Memorial Day Parade ca.1900
The origin of Memorial Day lies not in a single occasion, but in a series of planned and spontaneous events that arose at the end of the War between the States. In the South, there is evidence that groups of women were organized and decorating the graves of soldiers before the end [...]
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