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Questioning Memorial Day Birthplaces Across Towns
Tim O'Brian covers Boalsburg Pennsylvania WaterLOO New York Columbus Mississippi Carbondale Illinois and Waterloo New York as towns claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. The piece traces 19th century origins from Emma Hunter Sophie Keller Elizabeth Myers to Logan and the 1868 proclamation and notes differing claims including Charleston and Waterloo with a 1966 Congress designation for Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Boalsburg
Waterloo
N.Y
Columbus
Miss
Penn State
Emma Hunter
Sophie Keller
Elizabeth Myers
Congressiona Record
Hunter
Keller
Reuben Hunter
Myers
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Friendship Cemetery
Library of Congress
Mississippi
New York
Francis Miles Finch
Car
Lisa Reime
Carbondale
Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
David Blight
Amherst College
Massachusetts
Charleston
D.C
John B. Murray
Congress
U.S. House
Senate