Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day and was celebrated on May 30th!
From General Orders: "Let us, then, at the time appointed, gather around their sacred remains, and garland the passionless mounds above them with choicest flowers of springtime; let us raise above them the dear old flag they saved; let us in this solemn presence renew our pledge to aid and assist those whom they have left among us a sacred charge upon the Nation's gratitude—the soldier's and sailor's widow and orphan."
It is a pity that, while we decorate the graves and raise the flag, we do little to honor the sacred charge to aid the widow and orphan!
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