Examples of Decoration Day in a Sentence
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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.
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Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2024
It was initially called Decoration Day, for the practice of decorating graves with wreaths and flags.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 27 May 2024
Special to Cincinnati Enquirer How many of you know Memorial Day as Decoration Day?
—Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 25 May 2024
In 1868, John Logan — a soldier, politician and sometimes credited with starting Memorial Day — proclaimed May 30 to be Decoration Day.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
On March 12, 2014, Liberia’s traditional Decoration Day, Gbanya joined thousands of fellow citizens to honor ancestors by festooning their graves with flowers and memorabilia—not realizing the epidemic had now crossed into Liberia, striking Foya, a town of 20,000 people in Lofa County.
—Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2015
Schoolchildren gather masses of daisies for Memorial Day, formerly called Decoration Day.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 26 May 2024
New York was the first state to recognize Decoration Day as an official holiday in 1873, but by 1890, all Union states acknowledged it.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 21 May 2024
On the first Decoration Day, 20,000 graves at Arlington Cemetery were decorated, and future President James Garfield gave a speech, the History Channel reports.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2024
It was initially called Decoration Day, for the practice of decorating graves with wreaths and flags.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 27 May 2024
Special to Cincinnati Enquirer How many of you know Memorial Day as Decoration Day?
—Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 25 May 2024
In 1868, John Logan — a soldier, politician and sometimes credited with starting Memorial Day — proclaimed May 30 to be Decoration Day.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
On March 12, 2014, Liberia’s traditional Decoration Day, Gbanya joined thousands of fellow citizens to honor ancestors by festooning their graves with flowers and memorabilia—not realizing the epidemic had now crossed into Liberia, striking Foya, a town of 20,000 people in Lofa County.
—Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2015
Schoolchildren gather masses of daisies for Memorial Day, formerly called Decoration Day.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 26 May 2024
New York was the first state to recognize Decoration Day as an official holiday in 1873, but by 1890, all Union states acknowledged it.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 21 May 2024
On the first Decoration Day, 20,000 graves at Arlington Cemetery were decorated, and future President James Garfield gave a speech, the History Channel reports.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
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