An African American cultural holiday launched May 1, 1865
What's in a name?
Books on Decoration Day
Why we won't forget.
Use of the original term, Decoration Day, provides an opportunity to educate about the origin of Memorial Day, highlight African Americans' leadership of a coordinated effort to honor Union patriots, and underscore the end of chattel slavery and the Civil War (the second American Revolution). Decoration Day focuses on dignity in death and
Use of the original term, Decoration Day, provides an opportunity to educate about the origin of Memorial Day, highlight African Americans' leadership of a coordinated effort to honor Union patriots, and underscore the end of chattel slavery and the Civil War (the second American Revolution). Decoration Day focuses on dignity in death and honoring those who sacrificed their life for the liberation of the enslaved.
Why we won't forget.
Books on Decoration Day
Why we won't forget.
Thanksgiving for answered prayers for emancipation was a cause of celebration and decoration. Thousands of newly freed children and adults honored the Union soldiers who sacrificed their lives fighting against chattel slavery holdings arms full of flowers in a festive parade.
As it did then, the ongoing fight for freedom requires American
Thanksgiving for answered prayers for emancipation was a cause of celebration and decoration. Thousands of newly freed children and adults honored the Union soldiers who sacrificed their lives fighting against chattel slavery holdings arms full of flowers in a festive parade.
As it did then, the ongoing fight for freedom requires Americans to work together and honor each other's dignity in life and in death.
Books on Decoration Day
Books on Decoration Day
Books on Decoration Day
Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory
by David W. Blight
Decoration Day in the Mountains: Traditions of Cemetery Decoration in the South
by Alan Jabbour and Carl Lindahl
The Decoration/Memorial Day War
by David H. Brown (fiction)
Decoration Day: and Other Stories
by Gerald Duff (fiction)