Memorial Day Redeems Lost Love in Western Town
Jean Charteris, Rosine, and Billie observe Decoration Day in a western town. Jean confronts her long hidden past as a former mistress and mother to Rosine. A stranger reveals the child is his, triggering a confession and reconciliation. The couple's fortune and future are secured as they reunite.
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Jean Charteris
Billy
Laddie
Coun
Rosine
Billie
Jean
Nora
Miss Charteris
Bille
Relief Corps
Chilton
Rosine Raymond
Rose
Will Clement
Clement
Origin of Memorial Day Founder Rufus Parrish of Kewanee
Rufus YP Parrish of Kewanee Illinois urged Senator John A Logan to back legislation creating a nationwide memorial day. Parrish helped start grave decoration in 1863 and spent a lifetime promoting abolitionist and library services. He died recently after a sixty four year marriage.
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Rufus P. Parrish
Kewanee
Ill
Rufus YP. Parrish
John A. Logan
Congress
Logan
Parrish
Parish
United States
Canada
Mr. Parrish
New Hampshire
Illinois
Memorial Day Proclamation by Grand Army of the Republic
May 5 1868 order designates May 30 1868 for strewing flowers and decor of graves of fallen soldiers. Calls for reverent services nationwide and guarding their graves, urging public press and department commanders to enforce. Ends with signature John A Logan commander in chief and adjutant general N P Chapman.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Adjutant General’s Office
Fourteenth Street
Washington, D. C
John A. Logan
N. P. Chapman
William C. Collins
Unknown Soldiers and the Nameless Epitaph in Deaths Silent Cities
Poem reflecting on unnamed fallen soldiers buried across battlefields from Tennessee to Arlington. It laments graves marked Unknown and honors those who gave their lives for freedom. The verses contrast peaceful landscapes with the sorrow of loss and call for collective remembrance.
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Aurora
E. B. Browning
Meera
Columbia
Ming
Brave and Free
Christian Intelligencer
Tennessee
James
Chickamauga
Schuylkill
Broad Hudson
Chattanooga
Arlington
Rapidans
Heaven
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