Memorial Day
Decoration Day parade in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1870.
Decoration Day political cartoon c. 1900 by John T. McCutcheon
In this drawing of Decoration Day in Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, fatherless children are depicted putting flags on the graves of their fathers.
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.
Replica source: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia - Decorating the graves of the Rebel soldiers, May 31, 1867 (16682540833).jpg, 1867-08-17, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, VCU Libraries Commons, Richmond Nineteenth-Century Print Collection, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hollywood_Cemetery,_Richmond,_Virginia_-_Decorating_the_graves_of_the_Rebel_soldiers,_May_31,_1867_(16682540833).jpg
