Friendship Cemetery - Decoration Day Origins
1866Cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi where in April 1866, women decorated graves of both Confederate and Union soldiers, an act credited as the origin of Memorial Day.
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Cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi where in April 1866, women decorated graves of both Confederate and Union soldiers, an act credited as the origin of Memorial Day.
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