Memorial Day: A Day of perspective

“For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you… in the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. ~ Leviticus Today is Memorial Day and as a historian, I thought it only fitting if we explore the relatively unknown but highly symbolic origins of the day. More than two dozen cities lay claim as the birthplace of “Decoration Day,” as the day was initially known. It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868, to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proc