On the first official Decoration Day -- May 30, 1868 -- Ohio Rep. James A. Garfield, a former general and future U.S. president, addressed a crowd of 5,000 gathered at Arlington National Cemetery: ...

On this day in history, May 30, 1868, the first Decoration Day — a precursor to Memorial Day — was celebrated. Originally known as Decoration Day, from early traditions of decorating graves ...

Decoration Day became known as Memorial Day, and the annual commemoration quickly spread to towns across Delaware. In the ensuing years, however, ...

The national observance of Decoration Day - which became known as Memorial Day after America’s involvement in the First World War - began in 1868. Inspired by a number of annual local ceremonies ...

Decoration Day in this City is rapidly assuming a place in the holiday calendar similar to that of "Easter Monday" in England. Besides the grand military parade on that day, there will be a number ...

When the first national celebration of the modern Memorial Day holiday took place at Arlington National Cemetery on May 30, 1868, the holiday was called Decoration Day. The first observance of ...

The next year, Wilmington held a “Decoration Day” ceremony that featured speeches, bands and a massive parade that included a large number veterans who had served during the Civil War.

Memorial Day originated as Decoration Day, an occasion to honor soldiers who died in the Civil War. Frederick Douglass's 1871 Decoration Day speech, delivered at Arlington National Cemetery ...

Back in the day, Memorial Day was known as Decoration Day. When I was growing up, we decorated the graves of relatives in the cemetery with flowers from our garden. Grandpa had a lot of peonies. Then, ...