The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #145141   Message #3356665
Posted By: GUEST,mg
29-May-12 - 12:10 AM
Thread Name: BS: The origins of U.S. Memorial Day
Subject: RE: BS: The origins of U.S. Memorial Day
I had never heard that story. The folklore of how it started is that there was a day that people decorated the graves of their relatives. Then there was the civil war and they decorated the graves of the tUnion soldiers. Then the women of the towns also decorated the graves of the Confederate Soldiers. mg