How Memorial Day started-

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Decoration Day,” published in The Atlantic in June 1882, pays tribute to what was then a new form of civic observance: a day set aside to commemorate those who had perished in the Civil War—a custom that gradually gave rise to our modern Memorial… pic.twitter.com/dSc2wUxvWh

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) May 29, 2023