Over time, Decoration Day expanded to honor all American military ... rooted in post-Civil War traditions of honoring the war dead. It is distinct from Veterans Day, focusing solely on those ...

It was a long war.” The Decoration Day program will be held in the shadow of Iowa’s first Civil War monument. It was built to honor 15 soldiers from the area who died in the war.

The origins of Memorial Day can be found in the hearts of grieving families after the Civil War. Casualties were felt ... This inspired the idea of formal “Decoration Day” events.

The first national observance was shortly after the American Civil War and was then called Decoration ... of the three-day weekend recognized that Memorial Day had long been transformed into a more ...

In an 1871 Decoration Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery abolitionist Frederick Douglass said he feared Americans were forgetting the Civil War’s impetus ... of the dead, as well as ...

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Memorial Day, originally known as “Decoration Day,” began as a springtime observance to honor soldiers who died while serving in the American Civil War. On May 5, 1868, General John A.

Faust is the author of “This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil ... dead had laid down their lives in numbers no one had anticipated or could even have imagined. Decoration Day ...

Decoration Day originated after the Civil War to honor those who died in service. After World War I, the holiday expanded to honor all American war dead. Memorial Day replaced Decoration Day by ...

The origins of Memorial Day can be found in the hearts of grieving families after the Civil War. Casualties were felt ... This inspired the idea of formal “Decoration Day” events.