Memorial Day - The Hidden Story

Hi Guy's

Just read a very interesting piece in the NYT on the real providence of memorial day. I don't know how much of this is taught in history classes in the US but from the tone of the article I'm guessung that this is another part hidden black experience.

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But for the earliest and most remarkable Memorial Day, we must return to where the war began. By the spring of 1865, after a long siege and prolonged bombardment, the beautiful port city of Charleston, S.C., lay in ruin and occupied by Union troops. Among the first soldiers to enter and march up Meeting Street singing liberation songs was the 21st United States Colored Infantry; their commander accepted the city’s official surrender."

The remainder of the article and the most interesting part in many respects is here.