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minkbunny
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Offshoot thread from the 9/11 Memorial thread. Anybody remember when it was called Decoration Day at the cemeteries?

‎09-14-2011 11:53 AM

Decoration Day is a late spring or summer tradition that involves cleaning a community cemetery, decorating it with flowers, holding a religious service in the cemetery, and having dinner on the ground. These commemorations seem to predate the post-Civil War celebrations that ultimately gave us our national Memorial Day. Little has been written about this tradition, but it is still observed widely throughout the Upland South, from North Carolina to the Ozarks.

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