{"id":25951,"date":"2025-01-13T14:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T14:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/decoration-day-and-memorial-day-tocwoc-a-civil-war-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T14:26:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T14:26:26","slug":"decoration-day-and-memorial-day-tocwoc-a-civil-war-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=25951","title":{"rendered":"Decoration Day and Memorial Day \u2013 TOCWOC \u2013 A Civil War Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>We sometimes forget that today\u2019s Memorial Day came directly from Decoration Day, which originated to honor the dead of the Civil War. There has been a great deal of discussion about who originated it. In a recent article, Professor Richard Gardner <a href=\"https:\/\/getpocket.com\/explore\/item\/the-forgotten-history-of-memorial-day?utm_source=pocket-newtab\">takes a close look at the subject<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the entire country.<\/p>\n<p>The holiday was Memorial Day, an annual commemoration was born in the former Confederate States in 1866 and adopted by the United States in 1868. It is a holiday in which the nation honors its military dead.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Worth a read on this special day. As for myself, I will be having a toast to friends I lost in Vietnam, to an Uncle lost in Korea, and to my Civil War ancestor Jason Patton, killed at Winchester in 1864.<\/p>\n<p>Rest in peace, all of you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We sometimes forget that today\u2019s Memorial Day came directly from Decoration Day, which originated to honor the dead of the Civil War. There has been a great deal of discussion about who originated it. 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