By: Ardis E. Parshall - May 29, 2017 This account was first posted at Keepa on Memorial Day, 2010. The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this observance no form or ceremony is prescribed, but...
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