Some of you may remember that several years ago I put together “A Brief History of Memorial Day”. In that post, I discussed the calling for a national day “for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and […]
“By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead: Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment-day; Under the one, the Blue, Under the other, the Gray.” — first stanza of “The Blue and the […]