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    “Decoration Day” in 1896

    “Decoration Day” in 1896 As we get ready to celebrate Memorial Day here in Cecil County, in 1896 the country was getting ready to celebrate “Decoration Day”. According to History.com, after the Civil War, “By the late 1860s, Americans in various towns and cities had begun holding springtime tributes to these countless fallen soldiers, decorating [...]