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2 days ago · Often referred to as “Decoration Day,” [1] the first Memorial Day, May 30, 1868, was designated as a time to “decorate the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion.”. That is the language of “ General Order Number 11 ” (May 5, 1868) issued by General John Logan, the Commander-in-Chief of the ...
May 15, 2024 · The full story of its inception is available at the cemetery’s pavilion. “The first person that was ever buried there was [the father of] the Hellenga family,” McCarron began. “Everybody lived up Deep Creek, it seemed like, and they all went into Fortine.” “He was up Deep Creek quite a ways away,” she said of Hellenga, a logger.
12 hours ago · The Willesden Jewish Cemetery — House of Life — in London is calling for volunteers to help restore grave markers in its section where babies and children are buried and take part in monuments restoration workshops. “Many of them died during the First World War and the Spanish Flu pandemic but infant mortality was generally rife ...
2 days ago · Share. Minnesota will remember fallen service members with ceremonies at national and state veteran’s cemeteries over the Memorial Day weekend. The national veteran’s cemetery at Fort Snelling ...
May 17, 2024 · That's one reason why no one is sure who was the first person buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Lee said. The cemetery was established in 1852 as Wautonga Cemetery and received its present name in 1872.
1 day ago · Brooks and Stith are buried at Normandy and Simmons is buried at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Upper Marlboro. A July 1944 Afro American Newspaper reported on the death of Simmons, who arrived in France in ...
