They use the Line as the divide, with the town leaders living on the Maryland side and war veterans residing on the Pennsylvania side.
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The "feud" escalates into immature "pranks" the night before the holiday. So, it is not surprising that the South Siders blame the North Siders when the mayor of Madixson is killed on the morning of Memorial Day. Repeating his annual routine, he is standing in his front yard saluting the American Flag and beginning to recite the Pledge of Allegiance when the Civil War cannon nearby explodes. The shrapnel fatally imbeds in his body. The North Siders deny they had anything to do with the incident, but the South Siders do not believe them.
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Neither side realizes this was a "prank" of a totally different kind that nothing to do with the "warring" factions. When the real culprits finally are discovered and brought to trial, the importance of the explosives used in the canon finally comes to light. Adding to this mystery is the discovery that an important character is not what he is purported to be. And, the final chapter is unexpected, to say the least.
The Surprising History of Memorial Day
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From Decoration Day to Memorial Day: An American Tradition for Nearly 150 Years
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As we celebrate with friends, family, and community during Memorial Day weekend, I'd like to encourage all of us to remember that Memorial Day is dedicated to those Americans who have fallen while serving in our nation's military to preserve our freedoms, our way of life, and our nation. Decoration Day As important and solemn as this national holiday is to many Americans, it's origins are surprisingly disputed and not completely clear. But what is undisputed is that it originated as a day to remember and honor U. Origins Decoration Day officially was established in by Maj.
Logan, the commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, the primary organization representing Union veterans of the Civil War.
Logan called for May 30th to be an annual day nationally to decorate war graves. But according to historian David W. The Charleston Daily Courier reported at the time that former slaves -- African Americans -- honored dead Union soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Confederate prison camp. They reburied the bodies and gave them each a proper burial as gratitude for giving their lives for freedom.
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A parade, led by several thousand African American children followed. Thousands of people marched, sang and celebrated.
Although the fact of this extraordinary event is undisputed, there is no agreement that this event led to today's Memorial Day. Memorial Day was generally observed on May 30, the date Logan had declared for the first Decoration Day, until when Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act , which established Memorial Day as the last Monday in May; the law went into effect in and legally declared Memorial Day a federal holiday.
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Origin of "Taps" This year is the th anniversary of the creation and first playing of "Taps" , played by a 22 year-old Union Army bugler during the Civil war in July -- just 24 notes that have become part of our nation's soul. It was used to signal "lights out" at the end of the day but also started to be used at military funerals that same year. You can hear the shared European origins of the "Taps" bugle call in the performance of " Il Silenzio " -- The Silence -- which is played in the Netherlands on "Liberation Day. Much like Americans on Decoration Day, Dutch families still adopt graves of those troops and maintain them in their honor.