US Military Posts named for Confederate generals

[JMadonna]

(05-30-2013 09:33 AM)Laurie Verge Wrote:  Jerry - Again, I'm the old lady of this crew; but I do remember that it was always called Decoration Day in my family. It was also the day that required the gathering of peonies and Sweet William for the graves.

Not just decorating the veterans but other family graves too. It was the day to make sure the gravestones were not leaning. Of course after the end of WWII it was much more than a 3 day weekend for furniture sales.