Decoration Day

Do you have family old enough to remember when Memorial Day was referred to as Decoration Day?

Read an 1892 description of Decoration Day in our netLibrary collection through GALILEO.
"Decoration Day" by Sarah Orne Jewett from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, June 1892, pg 84-90.

This title is not in our card catalog but can be accessed through GALILEO.
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Type in Memorial Day and two titles come up

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