Memorial Day began after the Civil War, the deadliest conflict in U.S. history. The loss of many lives led to the establishment ofnational cemeteries.In the late 1860s, people started decorating the graves of fallen soldiers withflowers. One of the earliest observances is believed to have bee...
When did Memorial Day start? Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, dates back to the 1860s when people decorated the graves of fallen Civil War soldiers with wreaths, flags, and flowers. General John A. Logan declared it a nationwide day of remembrance in 1868. Share: Citation Rel...
In Diana’s day it was the epicentre of an area of southwest London patrolled by young women in frilly collars, velvet knickerbockers and strings of inherited pearls. Fresh-faced men wore country clothing their grandfathers might – and probably did – own: baggy corduroy tro...
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Getting an induction range did not seem as obvious until some contemplation about how we’d want to end the need to burn fossil fuels in the house every day1 and learning more about the health risks of gas burners in unventilated kitchens. Five months into cooking with the Bosch induction ...
Mother’s Day actually began as a women’s movement to better the lives of Americans. Its forgotten origins spring from two lifelong activists who championed efforts toward better health, welfare, and peace. Know your Mother’s Day history—and get inspired. Who Invented Mother’s Day? The...
With the morning moving along, the possibility to finish the cleaning within the day began to look less and less likely. I recalled how I had been feeling discontented lately while taking care of our stuff. Here was yet another time!Then my neighbor June, who was working in her yard, hea...
“They didn’t find any Germans, but they did run into mine fields,” says Long. “Two men were killed and one of them was John Onken.” In addition to earning his rightful place on the National D-Day Memorial wall, Onken’s name is included in a new book commemorating the 75th ann...
With ideal climate and available land, property owners in the southern colonies began establishing plantation farms for cash crops like rice, tobacco and sugar cane—enterprises that required increasing amounts of labor. To meet the need, wealthy planters turned to traders, who imported ever more ...
What impact did the operation have on the war? The US Department of Defense calls D-Day the “successful beginning of the end of Hitler’s tyrannical regime.” The IWM calls it the “most significant victory of the Western Allies in the Second World War.” By ...