Tag Archives: Memorial (Decoration) Day

baseball buddies

Couldn’t we just have played two back in ’61? Or even a best of seven? As much as I dream about duels replacing wars, I know I’m just dreaming. No jousts or David v. Goliath for modern times. Jeff Davis … Continue reading

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graves matter

On May 5, 1866 residents of Waterloo, New York dedicated the day to honoring their Civil War dead: … all businesses were closed, and the village was decorated with flags at half-mast, draped with evergreens and mourning black. The women … Continue reading

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free to vote?

150 years ago today President Johnson reportedly opined that the question of whether blacks should be allowed to vote in the South should be decided by loyal whites in the South. From The New-York Times May 26, 1865: The President … Continue reading

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May Day Memorial Day

It’s been over four years now since JASPER, The New-York Times’ correspondent wrote from Charleston in the seceded South Carolina. After the United States’ surrender of Fort Sumter in April 1861 JASPER was made to leave town. Now that Charleston … Continue reading

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