The History Of Memorial Day

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Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America (Free-Press-Release.com) May 30, 2011 --

The year was 1865, when druggist Henry C. Welles of Waterloo, New York gathered some members of the community to start what became known as Decoration Day. Decoration Day was to be a day of remembrance of those who gave their lives in the great civil war. Local townspeople would go to the cemeteries and decorate the graves of soldiers with wreaths, flowers, and plants to honor those who fought so valiantly in the war. The villages were decorated with flags at half staff, and ribbons of red white and blue were strewn from house to house. Veterans, ministers, and local politicians used this day to give great oratory speeches about the past and present and the hopes of the future. It was a day of great American exceptionalism.

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