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Memorial Day was created to honor the Confederate and Union Dead…never knew this
Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:39 am
Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:39 am
I realize this will likely turn to a “statue” thread, but I was surprised (maybe just too stupid to have known) that Memorial Day was created to honor the dead from the Civil War – Union and Confederate. The copied info and link below are from the history channel (not exactly a bastion of the right wing)....
By proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, the first major Memorial Day observance is held to honor those who died “in defense of their country during the late rebellion.” Known to some as “Decoration Day,” mourners honored the Civil War dead by decorating their graves with flowers. On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, after which 5,000 participants helped to decorate the graves of the more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery.
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By proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, the first major Memorial Day observance is held to honor those who died “in defense of their country during the late rebellion.” Known to some as “Decoration Day,” mourners honored the Civil War dead by decorating their graves with flowers. On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, after which 5,000 participants helped to decorate the graves of the more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery.
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Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:40 am to secfballfan
go 'murica
Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:40 am to secfballfan
Motherfricker, now you've done it. We're going to lose a work holiday now.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:41 am to secfballfan
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honor the Confederate and Union Dead
Just the white ones though, right?
Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:41 am to secfballfan
Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:42 am to secfballfan
Mitch just cancelled memorial day
Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:42 am to secfballfan
Rename Memorial Day Malcolm X Day
Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:43 am to secfballfan
Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:43 am to secfballfan
Confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetary.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 8:56 am to secfballfan
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The 1868 celebration was inspired by local observances that had taken place in various locations in the three years since the end of the Civil War. In fact, several cities claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day, including Columbus, Mississippi; Macon, Georgia; Richmond, Virginia; Boalsburg, Pennsylvania; and Carbondale, Illinois. In 1966, the federal government, under the direction of President Lyndon B. Johnson, declared Waterloo, New York, the official birthplace of Memorial Day. They chose Waterloo–which had first celebrated the day on May 5, 1866–because the town had made Memorial Day an annual, community-wide event, during which businesses closed and residents decorated the graves of soldiers with flowers and flags.
All those other cities can smd. We started memorial day at friendship cemetary in Columbus where there are many union and confederate soldiers buried.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:01 am to secfballfan
Poor bastards. Politicians and the wealthy in the south used propaganda to brainwash southerners and started a war because they didn't want to lose their stranglehold on the southern economy. Industrialization was going to remove them from power.
Not all that different than what ISIS is trying to do
Not all that different than what ISIS is trying to do
This post was edited on 5/26/17 at 9:02 am
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:07 am to mikrit54
re: Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
DAY ONE Target for the Landrieu POTUS Administration
DAY ONE Target for the Landrieu POTUS Administration
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:08 am to secfballfan
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Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:51 am to secfballfan
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never knew this
I thought that was common knowledge.
Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:58 am to TbirdSpur2010
I thought that was common knowledge
guess those advanced degrees I have from top tier schools never learned me much...
guess those advanced degrees I have from top tier schools never learned me much...
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