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Memorial, or Decoration day.

The 30th day of May is generally observed as a holiday by the citizens of the United States, when the touching ceremony of decorating the graves of Union soldiers and sailors all over the land is performed, in public and private cemeteries, with appropriate ceremonies. The 20th of May is observed in the Southern States as “Memorial day,” when the graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors are also decorated with flowers, with imposing ceremonies. In recent years there has been a happy commingling of the Boys in Blue and the Boys in Gray on these respective occasions.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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