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This was the first national decoration day event and was organized by the grand army of the republic gar the largest and most influential union veterans organization.
Decorations day. Decoration day in arlington national cemetery may 30 1868. Directed by robert markowitz. With james garner judith ivey ruby dee bill cobbs. Many people visit cemeteries and memorials on memorial day to honor and.
Garfield delivered his keynote address from this speakers rostrum. Decoration day is a national holiday in liberia a nation which was settled starting in 1822 by free and formerly enslaved african americans. A former name for memorial day. 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.
Before it became the national holiday we now know as memorial day it was a day celebrated across the country for at least five decades as decoration day a day to honor both the union and. The holiday is now observed on the last monday of may having been observed on may 30 from 1868 to 1970. The last monday in may a u s. Decoration day synonyms decoration day pronunciation decoration day translation english dictionary definition of decoration day.
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.