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Tag Archives: Memorial (Decoration) Day
buried?
150 years ago a Southern newspaper found something to like in a Northern observance of Decoration Day. From The Daily Phoenix (Columbia, South Carolina) June 12, 1873: KIND WORDS FOR OUR SOUTHERN DEAD. Dr. Lillienthal, the well known Jewish pastor … Continue reading
forget the feud
From the June 8, 1872 issue of Harper’s Weekly: DECORATION-DAY. In the beautiful and touching illustration on our first page this week our artist expresses the universal feeling of the country. While the people have no wish to keep alive … Continue reading
redecoration
From the June 10, 1871 issue of Harper’s Weekly: From the The New York Herald May 31, 1871: THE NATION’S DEAD. … The muffled drum’s sad roll has beat The Soldier’s last tattoo, No more on life’e parade shall meet … Continue reading
floral tributes
From the May 31, 1870 issue of The New-York Times. Except the day on which is celebrated the independence of these United States, there is no day that calls out the patriotic feelings of our people more than “Memorial Day.” … Continue reading
divergent decoration
150 years ago today a large procession traveled from Manhattan to Brooklyn to honor the memory and decorate the graves of thousands of soldiers who died during the American Civil War. From the June 19, 1869 issue of Harper’s Weekly: … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, Veterans
Tagged 75th New York Infantry Regiment, Alexander Shaler, Battle of Fort Bisland, Cypress Hills Cemetery, Daniel Sickles, Edward B. Lansing, Grand Army of the Republic, Memorial (Decoration) Day, orphans, Sabbatarianism, Union Home at Carmansville, Union Square (New York City), war widows and orphans
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battle hymns
In its June 1, 1919 issue the New York Tribune commemorated the birth centenaries of two well-known Civil War-era Americans. ______________________________ According to Wikipedia, Julia Ward Howe was a poet, author, abolitionist, and advocate for women’s suffrage: She was inspired … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Years Ago, American Culture, American Society, Monuments and Statues, World War I
Tagged 23rd New York Volunteer Cavalry, Abraham Lincoln, Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Edith Cavell, Julia Ward Howe, Memorial (Decoration) Day, Walt Whitman
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decorating the mounds
Civil War general John A. Logan has been in the news a lot lately. As a Representative from Illinois he was one of seven House managers during the Impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. The U.S. Senate eventually acquitted the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction, Veterans
Tagged Ambrose Everett Burnside, Arlington House, Arlington National Cemetery, Charles Parsons, Civil War Unknowns Monument, Cypress Hill Cemetery, Frederick W. Lander, Grand Army of the Republic, James Garfield, John Alexander Logan, Memorial (Decoration) Day, Ulysses S. Grant, Winfield Scott Hancock
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theme song
On September 17, 1867 a national cemetery at Antietam was dedicated; dead Confederates were excluded, at least partly because of the rancor of war. 150 years ago this month a magazine included a poem that celebrated a somewhat different attitude. … Continue reading
Gone Hollywood
150 years ago today thousands of Richmond residents converged on Hollywood cemetery to decorate the graves of Confederate war dead. Although a riot broke out in Richmond on May 11th, the Times’ HENRICO correspondent emphasized that the city was peaceful … Continue reading
more to come
Back in April 1917 the United States declared war on Germany. As young American men were signing up for the draft and getting ready to be shipped to France, the country observed Decoration Day on May 30th. One hundred years … Continue reading
