FIRST- Confederate Memorial Day - Kingston, GA
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N 34° 14.198 W 084° 56.735
16S E 689208 N 3790302
Confederate Memorial Day, also known as Confederate Decoration Day (Tennessee) and Confederate Heroes Day (Texas), is an official holiday and/or observance day in parts of the U.S. South as a day to honor those who died fighting for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
Waymark Code: WM2D7W
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2007
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CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY
First Decoration, or Memorial Day, was observed in Kingston in late April of 1865, and has been a continuous observance here since that day, the only such record held by any community in this Nation. The first Memorial, or Decoration Day, was observed while Federals still occupied this town, flowers being placed on both Confederate and Federal graves that day. Much credit is due the Dardens and other patriotic citizens of this town for their untiring efforts to keep alive memories of the gallant Confederates -- greatest fighting men of all time.
008-39 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
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