Before Memorial Day: For 50+ Years, 'Decoration Day' Was Observed to Honor and Remember Civil War Dead

Before Memorial Day: For 50+ Years, 'Decoration Day' Was Observed to Honor and Remember Civil War Dead https://ift.tt/ksd7YPF Before it became the national holiday we now know as Memorial Day, this sacred day was observed across the country as Decoration Day – a day celebrated for more than five decades to honor both the Union and Confederate dead from the Civil War.