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Memorial Day was started by former slaves on May 1,1865 in Charleston, SC to honor 257 dead Union Soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Confederate prison camp. They dug up the bodies and worked for 2 weeks to give them a proper burial as gratitude for fighting for their freedom. They then held a parade of 10,000 people led by 2,800 Black children where they marched, sang and celebrated. A nugget of history that most of us never learned and never will in school.
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Memorial Day was started by former slaves on May 1,1865 in Charleston, SC to honor 257 dead Union Soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Confederate prison camp. They dug up the bodies and worked for 2 weeks to give them a proper burial as gratitude for fighting for their freedom. They then held a parade of 10,000 people led by 2,800 Black children where they marched, sang and celebrated. A nugget of history that most of us never learned and never will in school.
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Thank you for posting this. I was a Civil War reenactor for 10 years and am a bit of a military history buff and yet had no idea about this touching story! |
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Thanks for the interesting post that i never knew about
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