Green Group Studio deeply appreciates the sacrifice made by our soldiers who bravely dedicated their lives to preserve the freedoms we enjoy today. Our condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones serving our country. On this Memorial Day 2013, let us remember our fallen heros and salute our active soldiers and veterans.
Memorial Day History
According to Wikipedia, the practice of decorating soldiers’ graves with flowers is an ancient custom. Soldiers’ graves were decorated in the U.S. before and during the American Civil War. A claim was made in 1906 that the first Civil War soldier’s grave ever decorated was in Warrenton, Virginia on June 3, 1861, implying the first Memorial Day occurred there.
The first well-known observance of a Memorial Day-type observance after the Civil War was in Charleston, South Carolina on May 1, 1865
Memorial Day Events
List of national memorial day parades:
