Commentary
Lest we forget those that gave all For most Memorial Day is a day
off from work to celebrate the start of summer. But is it more? Memorial Day started as Confed-
erate Decoration Day. It was a day when Southern women would go out to decorate the graves of fallen relatives that died during the “War of Northern Aggression.”
Clint Parker However according to usmemori-
alday.org, President Lyndon Johnson gave the honor of the official first town birthplace of what we call Me- morial Day to Waterloo, NY, in spite of there being no real evidence to support that claim. Te site goes on to state, “Memori-
al Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May, 1868, by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May, 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. “Te first state to officially recog- nize the holiday was New York in
every state on the last Monday in May (passed by Congress with the National Holiday Act of 1971 (P.L. 90 - 363) to ensure a three day week- end for Federal holidays), though several southern states have an ad- ditional separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: Jan. 19 in Texas, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in South Carolina; and June 3 (Jef- ferson Davis’ birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee.” Yes Monday is more than just a day
off from work to celebrate the start of the summer. It’s a day to honor those that gave their all so you can have that day off from work to enjoy.
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Te concrete plant’s permit hearing extended past deadline Wednesday. Check the Tribune’s Web site Tursday (May 27) for reaction.
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1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. Te South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war).
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Graves vandalized at Clarks Chapel Cemetery
By Matt Tate Five gravestones and ap-
proximately 10 stone vases were turned over or destroyed recently at a cemetery on Clarks Chapel
Church Road in Weaverville. West Funeral Home personnel
discovered the destruction early Thursday afternoon (May 20). There were reports of a group
of individuals loitering at the church the night of May 19, ac-
cording to Gary West of West Funeral Home. The Buncombe County
Sheriff ’s Office is investigat- ing. Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers at 255-5050.
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