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Thread #124570 Message #2755636
Posted By: Greg F.
30-Oct-09 - 10:13 AM
Thread Name: Rebel Flag meaning
Subject: RE: Rebel Flag meaning
Mary, please do check your history.
Memorial Day- or more properly Decoration Day - was the creation of the Grand Army of the Republic for decorating the graves of the UNION dead.
It had nothing whatsoever to do with "the ladies of the post-Confederacy".
And furthermore the systematic desecration of the graves of Union soldiers buried in the South was continued up until very recent times.