<P> On June 3 , 1861 , Warrenton , Virginia was the location of the first Civil War soldier 's grave ever to be decorated , according to a Richmond Times - Dispatch newspaper article in 1906 . In 1862 , women in Savannah , Georgia decorated Confederate soldiers ' graves according to the Savannah Republican . The 1863 cemetery dedication at Gettysburg , Pennsylvania , was a ceremony of commemoration at the graves of dead soldiers . On July 4 , 1864 , ladies decorated soldiers ' graves according to local historians in Boalsburg , Pennsylvania . and Boalsburg promotes itself as the birthplace of Memorial Day . </P>
<P> On June 3 , 1861 , Warrenton , Virginia was the location of the first Civil War soldier 's grave ever to be decorated , according to a Richmond Times - Dispatch newspaper article in 1906 . In 1862 , women in Savannah , Georgia decorated Confederate soldiers ' graves according to the Savannah Republican . The 1863 cemetery dedication at Gettysburg , Pennsylvania , was a ceremony of commemoration at the graves of dead soldiers . On July 4 , 1864 , ladies decorated soldiers ' graves according to local historians in Boalsburg , Pennsylvania . and Boalsburg promotes itself as the birthplace of Memorial Day . </P>
memorial day was originally created to honor fallen soldiers of which war world war i
memorial day was originally created to honor fallen soldiers of which war world war i
Civil War
Civil War