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For more information about Decoration Day or to participate in the restoration of the Gallatin City Cemetery, contact City of Gallatin Communications Director Jeff Hentschel at 615-451-5961.
Katie Nixon can be reached at knixon@gannett.com.
—Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 24 May 2024
Originally called Decoration Day, Memorial Day's history goes back to the Civil War.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 May 2024
On the first Decoration Day, 20,000 graves at Arlington National Cemetery were decorated.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 21 May 2024
On this day in 1868, Decoration Day was first observed as a national holiday, honoring those who had died in military service during the Civil War, often by decorating their graves with flowers.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2024
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Etymology
from the custom of decorating graves on this day
First Known Use
1871, in the meaning defined above
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“Decoration Day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Decoration%20Day. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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