A Day of Remembrance from the Grill

Memorial Day began as Decoration Day, a day in the spring when communities independently began to pay tribute to the Soldiers who died during the American Civil War. By the late 1860s, the custom of decorating the graves of fallen soldiers in the spring with flowers and ribbons and reciting prayers was commonplace in many cities and towns.

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