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Today is… Memorial Day!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A lot of folks celebrate Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries, some by flying the U.S. flag, and others by having barbeques, picnics, family get-togethers and attending firework shows (or any combination thereof).\u00a0 The swimming pools open — it’s\u00a0the first\u00a0sign of summer!<\/p>\n

But when and where did the holiday start?\u00a0 After doing a little digging, it seems there are several claims to the “first” Memorial Day. I\u2019ve known for some time that Memorial Day is a commemoration to all who have died defending the United States of America, but, here\u2019s what I didn\u2019t know. During the Civil War, the Washington Race Course<\/em> in Charleston, SC was converted to one of several Confederate camps for Union prisoners of war.\u00a0 Where men died and were buried in unmarked graves. In April 1865, “freedmen” (freed enslaved Africans) exhumed the bodies from the mass grave to give the men a proper burial.\u00a0 They\u00a0built a fence around the burial ground,\u00a0with\u00a0an arch reading “Martyrs of the Race Course.”\u00a0 On May 1, 1865<\/em>, thousands of freed slaves, children, and Union soldiers made a procession to the cemetery. They laid flowers on the graves, and picnicked on the grass — they called it “Decoration Day”.\u00a0 There was also a separate day to honor the Confederate dead created for those who did not want to celebrate the honoring of the Union dead.\u00a0 During the mid-20th century, all of the celebrated\u00a0days were merged into what is now known nationally as\u00a0Memorial Day.<\/p>\n

<\/a>As we go about our\u00a0the day\u00a0with\u00a0Memorial Day picnics, barbeques and other celebrations,\u00a0let us also honor and\u00a0and remember all of the men and women who\u00a0gave their lives in service to this nation.\u00a0 And God Bless Our Troops<\/span> please, Always with Love!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Have a Happy Holiday —\u00a0And if you are one of the 34.3 million travelers this year… safe travels to you!
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\n<\/span>\u00a9 2011 Preservation Society of Charleston\u00a0
\nCourtesy of The South Carolina Historical Society
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To Appomattox and Beyond: The End of the War and a Search for Meanings
\nBy David W. Blight \u2013 Yale
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