DECORATION DAY, the 30th of May, was originally a day set aside to honor those soldiers who died during the Civil War, to visit and decorate their graves with flags, flowers and wreaths. Now MEMORIAL DAY, it includes all of those who died while serving this country.
Twenty men of the 27th Maine Infantry died while serving their country, all but one from sickness. Nearly all were returned home and buried back in their home state.
I have been to a dozen of their burial places, the photos of their graves below:
Twenty men of the 27th Maine Infantry died while serving their country, all but one from sickness. Nearly all were returned home and buried back in their home state.
I have been to a dozen of their burial places, the photos of their graves below:
To read more about the 27th Maine Volunteers who died, please see the DECORATION DAY blog I wrote back in 2013.
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