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Memorial Day Observed in National Capital and States
Memorial Day ceremonies across Washington and Tennessee and Alabama mark the holiday with solemn services. In Washington the day features a grand parade and tributes at Arlington and eight national cemeteries, including decoration of Confederate and Unknown Dead graves and Lincoln Gettysburg address readings. Speakers include James Tanner and Senator Warner with a monument unveiling for Major General Joseph A. Mower. At Nashville and Chattanooga similar observances honor fallen soldiers with speakers and military participation. In Greensboro, Joseph G. Cannon addresses Guilford College on national and regional progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Capital
National Cemetery
Arlington
Grand Army
Army and Navy of the Union
Sons of Veterans
District of Columbia
United States Marine Bands
Potomac
Marine
Lincoln
H. N. Couden
United States House of Representatives
Jas. Tanner
Grand Army of
Vic Republic
Joseph A. Mower
Army of the Tennessee
United States
Warner
Missouri
John M. Thurston
Nebraska
Brightwood Cemetery
Soldiers’ Home
Holy Rood
Mount Olivet
Glenwood
St. Elizabeth Asylum
Rock Creek
Harmony
Prospect Hill
St. Marys
Battleground
Nashville
Tenn
Murfreesboro
Pettibone