Tag Archives: Decoration Day

Losing Memorial Day

Posted on May 29, 2011 by OneMom

More than any other year, I feel that the purpose of Memorial Day is being hijacked by the need to party and the media’s need to rewrite history and tradition. The year 1868 was the first time that Decoration Day … Continue reading →

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Decoration Day/Memorial Day

Posted on May 30, 2010 by OneMom

(Originally posted on May 21, 2008) The year 1868 was the first time that Decoration Day was widely observed in the United States … a day set aside to decorate the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers who died during … Continue reading →

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Remembering Decoration Day

Posted on May 25, 2009 by OneMom

Last year for Memorial Day, I provided my readers with a little history about Decoration Day (now Memorial Day). Today I want to take you back to a Memorial Day in the mid 1970s, in a small town in Michigan. … Continue reading →

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Decoration Day -> Memorial Day

Posted on May 21, 2008 by OneMom

The year 1868 was the first time that Decoration Day was widely observed in the United States … a day set aside to decorate the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers who died during the Civil War. In 1882, the … Continue reading →

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