Memorial Day

Decoration Day parade in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1870.
DecorationDayMcCutcheon
Decoration Day political cartoon c. 1900 by John T. McCutcheon
Orphans_decorating_their_fathers'_graves_in_Glenwood_Cemetery,_Philadelphia,_on_Decoration_Day
In this drawing of Decoration Day in Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, fatherless children are depicted putting flags on the graves of their fathers.
The_March_of_Time,_by_Henry_Sandham
Henry Sandham's painting, "The March of Time." Parade of veterans of the U.S. Civil War during Decoration Day. General William Tecumseh Sherman is seen at the far right.

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