Decoration Day

In alabama this tradition is generally strongest among rural white communities in the northern part of the state.

Decoration day. With james garner judith ivey ruby dee bill cobbs. Holiday in remembrance of members of the armed forces. On the first decoration day general james garfield made a speech at arlington national cemetery after which 5 000 participants helped to decorate the graves of the more than 20 000 civil war. We will never know for certain if the southern tradition of decoration day was the inspiration for memorial day but the similarities do exist.

A former name for memorial day. The last monday in may a u s. James garner plays a retired judge and recluse who comes out of hiding. Decoration day is most often associated with community based cemeteries.

Memorial day previously but now seldom called decoration day is a federal holiday in the united states for honoring and mourning the military personnel who have died while serving in the united states armed forces. Decoration day the predecessor of today s memorial day remains a tradition in parts of the rural south for remembering deceased family and church members. Decoration day is an annual observance at many privately owned southern graveyards during which families gather to clean up the graveyard reconnect with family and honor the memories of their ancestors. Whether it is dinner on the grounds and family barbecues decorating a cemetery with flowers and flags or the singing of gospel tunes and playing taps on a trumpet.

A cantankerous widower garner who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his godchild skaggs gets in trouble and a childhood friend cobbs a black tenant farmer refuses to belatedly accept the medal of honor for bravery in world war ii. By the late 19th century with the rise of the lost cause ideology in the south the south was celebrating confederate memorial day. Decoration day synonyms decoration day pronunciation decoration day translation english dictionary definition of decoration day. Decoration day is a 1990 film based on a novel by john william corrington of the same title.

This separation largely died out in the 20th century especially with the change in name of the northern form of the holiday from decoration day to memorial day and then the creation of a special monday holiday for memorial day in 1968. Directed by robert markowitz.