One poppy blooms for Memorial Day.
Nice timing, Momma Nature pic.twitter.com/9CSWW5j52C— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 27, 2018
The first #MemorialDay was started by former slaves on May 1, 1865 in Charleston, SC to honor 257 dead Union Soldiers. The freedmen cleaned up and landscaped the burial ground, building an enclosure and an arch labeled, “Martyrs of the Race Course.” pic.twitter.com/0PMB08h4eV
— 3ChicsPolitico (@3ChicsPolitico) May 28, 2018
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