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This coming Monday is Memorial Day in the United States, and there are several stories of how it came to be, many of them seemingly spontaneous ceremonies to remember the fallen

soldiers of the Civil War.

Originally, the holiday was Decoration Day, named after the tradition of

laying wreaths and flowers on the graves of veterans. There's strong evidence that the first

Memorial Day was started by newly freed black residents of Charleston, South Carolina,

celebrating the end of the Civil War and honoring its terrible cost less than a month after

the Confederacy's surrender.

But in 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a proclamation,

recognizing Waterloo, New York, as the birthplace of Memorial Day.

This town claims it first celebrated Memorial Day on May 5, 1866.

Shops and businesses closed, flags were flown at half-mast, and the graves of the war dead were decorated with flowers. But even this story is suspect. Historians have pointed out

that it was probably 1868, not 1866, and the inspiration for the event was likely an earlier

remembrance ceremony one of the organizers saw somewhere in the

South, maybe even Charleston. But no matter where it started, it wasn't a federal holiday

until 1968, or 1971, actually, when the 68 law took effect. So it's all muddy, is what

I'm trying to say. What is clear are the real sacrifices made by the

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