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Tag: Decoration Day history

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“Comrades, Rest, Your March is Done!”: Decoration/Memorial Day in Los Angeles, 1876-1880

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 25, 2026
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“This Silent But Eloquent Expression of the Feeling That Should Exist in Everyone’s Hearts”: Decoration (Memorial) Day in Los Angeles, 1870-1875

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 26, 2025May 25, 2026
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“Dear Heads of Gray, Dear Boys in Blue”: Memorial Day in Greater Los Angeles, 1910

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  • Posted on May 27, 2024
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“Hallowed by the Tears of Tenderness and the Tragic Memories of a Heroic Past”: Memorial Day in Los Angeles, 30 May 1921

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 30, 2022
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“Humble Expressions of Reverence from a Grateful People”: The Observance of Memorial Day in Greater Los Angeles, 30 May 1924

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  • Posted on May 31, 2021
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Memorial Day in Los Angeles, 1928

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  • Posted on May 28, 2018January 8, 2021
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