I just read yesterday that formerly enslaved people started the first Memorial Day a short time after the Confederate traitors surrendered. It was at a former racetrack in Charleston, SC. The track was a prison for the Union soldiers. Those who died there were in a mass grave and reburied by the newly freed people to honor those who fought to give them their freedom. They then marched around the track while 3000 black children sang "John Brown's Body".
This Memorial Day, I will remember the lives of my Mom and Dad, both of whom served in WWII, though they never saw combat. My mother, however saw the effects of combat at the Navy hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. She treated burn victims as a Corpsman there. That service made her a life long pacifist.
I just read yesterday that formerly enslaved people started the first Memorial Day a short time after the Confederate traitors surrendered. It was at a former racetrack in Charleston, SC. The track was a prison for the Union soldiers. Those who died there were in a mass grave and reburied by the newly freed people to honor those who fought to give them their freedom. They then marched around the track while 3000 black children sang "John Brown's Body".
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This Memorial Day, I will remember the lives of my Mom and Dad, both of whom served in WWII, though they never saw combat. My mother, however saw the effects of combat at the Navy hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. She treated burn victims as a Corpsman there. That service made her a life long pacifist.
It's been a tearful morning, as it always is on Memorial Day. Everyone should take time to reflect on those who gave all.🇺🇸🗽
Fantastic post CellyBlue. Thank you.