Henry Harris’ statement about Decoration Day from the June 10, 1869 Door County Advocate
DECORATION day was observed generally throughout the country and the graves of our dead soldiers received universally the flowery tributes. The custom is a beautiful and appropriate one, bring back freshly to our memory, year by year, the heroic services of our soldier dead.
Courtesy of the Door County Library Newspaper Archive
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