Preparing to decorate graves on Decoration Day 1899. (Courtesy of the Library of Congress)
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May 30, 1936: This early photo montage ran in the Sunday Boston Globe with the headline " Spirit of Memorial Day" with caption: As the ranks of the G.A.R (Grand Army of the Republic) thin, the American Legion takes up the task of remembering the dead. At the 68th observance of Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day), hardly 60 active veterans remain to represent the strength of 28,000 men who formed ranks when the G.A.R was young. Blackington Service
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•Title: Scenes in Arlington Cemetery. Decorating the graves of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the World war
•Date Created/Published: 1929 May 30.
•Summary: Woman kneeling and boy holding flag at grave in foreground.
•Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-100028 (b&w film copy neg.)
•Call Number: LOT 12299, vol. 2, p. 52, upper left [P&P]
•Notes:
oNational Photo Company Collection.
•Subjects:
oWorld War, 1914-1918--Commemoration--Virginia.
oCemeteries--Virginia--1920-1930.
oArlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)
•Collections:
oNational Photo Company Collection
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PARIS, FRANCE - MAY: Military ceremony on the Champs Elysees for US Memorial Day in May 1929 in Paris, France. (Photo by Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
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MAY 30 1977; Memorial Day. (Photo By Ernie Leyba/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
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