Almost every State and some cities claim to have started
Memorial Day. Its hard to know who’s right. But, I like this one the best:
Memorial Day was started by former slaves on May, 1, 1865 in
Charleston, SC to honor 257 dead Union Soldiers who had been buried in a mass
grave in a Confederate prison camp. They dug up the bodies and worked for 2
weeks to give them a proper burial as gratitude for fighting for their freedom.
They then held a parade of 10,000 people led by 2,800 Black children where they
marched, sang and celebrated.
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