I know what the official story is, but to me the first Memorial Day came in 1865, when Sherman arrived in Charlotte, SC, deserted by all but freed slaves. Black people dug proper graves for union prisoners. Then the put flowers on their graves for the first real Memorial Day.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UUZHTE1jMXg … To Korean veterans I heartily thank you. Pray for the bliss of dead.
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BS, try again. First was Alrington Cemetery where flowers were laid on both Union & Confederate graves.
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Thank you Buffalo Soldiers, Tuskegee Airmen, & Navajo Code Talkers...Military Men of Valor...
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