decoration day

[Decoration Day in 1870 at Cortland Cemetery]

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The Tomb of the Unknown. Decoration Day. [Arlington National Cemetery,...

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Soldiers Monument, "Exchange Place" Providence, R.I. as it appeared "D...

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[Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery, Philad...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1876 June 24, p. 612. Reference copy in LOT 4435-A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Death Cemeteries; Holidays; Orphans; Shelf.

Decoration Day at Conger, Greenland. 1881 of 1882. Memorial marker wit...

Photo by C.W. Rice. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Decoration-day, 1883 / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows a large group of politicians and others in a cemetery on Memorial Day, each seems to be grieving at gravestones that bear special messages, such as Pope Leo XIII standing in front of a stone ... More

Halt of the Grenadiers Rochambeau in Union Square New York. "Decoratio...

P14570 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Chalvin. [Title also printed in French].

Decoration Day, United States, from the Holidays series (N80) for Duke...

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Decoration Day address and description of Decoration Day

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Decoration Day address and description of Decoration Day

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[Daisies gathered for Decoration Day, May 30, 1899]

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). In album: "1st Division."

Strewing the graves with garlands of flowers, Decoration Day, Manila, ...

Soldier placing flowers on grave, as others watch. 1423 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13539.

A drawing of a woman sitting on a bench next to a flag Untitled - Poli...

This untitled illustration by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on May 30, 1901, depicts Uncle Sam and Miss Columbia celebrating Decoration Day (later Memorial Day) 1901. Berry... More

Decoration Day, 1902 - Political cartoon, public domain image

This illustration entitled, "Decoration Day, 1902", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on March 30, 1902, depicts Miss Columbia celebrating Decoration Day (Memorial Day) walk... More

Decoration Day, Kearney, Nebraska.

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Decoration Day, Kearney, Nebraska.

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Decoration Day - Political cartoon, public domain image

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Mullan [Idaho] Fire Dept., Decoration Day, 1912

21 firemen posed on hook-and-ladder truck, holding flowers; mountains in background.

"Decoration Day. No. 1618" - Drawing. Public domain image.

Man kneeling on porch, full length, U.S. flag in lt. hand, hammer in rt. hand. J191187 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Patriotism; Holi... More

Decoration day in Washington - Drawing. Public domain image.

"Lusitania, slain by pirates, May 7, 1915" on gravestone in foreground and "May she rest in peace, compliments of the Kaiser [signed] von Bernstorff" on ribbon. "Here lies Arabic, murdered, Aug. 19, 1915 from v... More

Decoration Day [1917] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Ceremonies - Liberations - Memorial Day, 1918 - Patriotic demonstratio...

Date Taken: 1917 Photographer: U.S. Naval Rifle Range Ceremonies - Liberations - Memorial Day, 1918

Ceremonies - Liberations - Memorial Day, 1918 - Decoration Day of 1919...

Photographer: Felix J. Koch Ceremonies - Liberations - Memorial Day, 1918 Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Decoration Day 1917, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows the Memorial Day festivities on Fifth Avenue, at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park, New York City, May 30, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provi... More

Decoration Day 1917, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Ceremonies - Liberations - Memorial Day, 1918 - Decoration Day in Engl...

Date Taken: 5/30/1918 Photographer: Underwood & Underwood Ceremonies - Liberations - Memorial Day, 1918

Decoration Day, 1917 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Memorial Day festivities on Fifth Avenue, at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park, New York City, May 30, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Decoration Day, '17 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Memorial Day festivities on Fifth Avenue, at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park, New York City, May 30, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Decoration Day 1917, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Decoration Day [1917] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Decoration Day [1917] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows the Memorial Day festivities on Fifth Avenue, at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park, New York City, May 30, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Decoration Day, 1917, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Memorial Day festivities on Fifth Avenue, at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park, New York City, May 30, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided ... More

Decoration Day, '17, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Memorial Day festivities on Fifth Avenue, at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park, New York City, May 30, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided ... More

Decoration Day [1917] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows the Memorial Day festivities on Fifth Avenue, at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Riverside Park, New York City, May 30, 1917. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Ceremonies - Liberations - Memorial Day, 1918 - Middletown, N.Y. 71st ...

Date Taken: 5/30/1917 Photographer: C.W. Breese Ceremonies - Liberations - Memorial Day, 1918

In far off Serbia. Graves of Americans who died while carrying on reli...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Paris Office. Data: Ex. Underwood & Underwood. Sept. 28. Group title: Graves. Ser... More

Decoration Day, 1927 - Political cartoon, public domain image

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A black and white photo of a cemetery. Office of War Information Photo...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

President George W. Bush delivers remarks during Memorial Day ceremoni...

Arlington, Va. (May. 29, 2006) President George W. Bush delivers remarks during Memorial Day ceremonies held in the amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery. "In this place where valor sleeps, we acknowledge... More

The U.S. Navy band performs during Memorial Day ceremonies held in the...

Arlington, Va. (May. 29, 2006) The U.S. Navy band performs during Memorial Day ceremonies held in the amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery. President George W. Bush delivered remarks to the annual event... More

A monument in Syracuse, New York, dedicated to those who fought for th...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-2) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

I Corps Deputy Commanding General. U.S. Army Maj. Gen.

I Corps Deputy Commanding General. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, salutes in honor of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in defense for our country May 27, 2013, at Fort Vancouver, Wash., alongside a ... More

Memorial Day celebration at Fort Davis, Fort Davis National Historic S...

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Music students in the 5th and 6th grade from Collège

Music students in the 5th and 6th grade from Collège La Martine in Saint Paul, France, with the 2nd Marine Division Band after watching them rehearse and asking them questions about being in military band at Ci... More

24th MEU Marines honor Memorial Day

Cpl. Casey McElroy is an aviation ordnance technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), and is currently deployed with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. This Memorial Day, May 29, 2017, ... More

24th MEU Marines honor Memorial Day

Staff Sgt. Jared King is a platoon sergeant for 3rd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment, Lima Company and is currently deployed with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. This Memorial Day, May 29, 2017, King will hono... More

The National Memorial Day Museum in Waterloo, New York, which was the ...

Note the saluting soldiers beneath the bunting. Although the holiday had been observed with patriotric parades on what was long called "Decoration Day," it was not until May 26, 1966, that President Lyndon B. J... More

Decoration day - Public domain sheet music scan

Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary Fi...

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"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

Lincoln Monument, Union Sq're, Decoration Day, 1876 / photo, P. F. We...

On mount: New York and Vicinity. Part of the series: New York City. Instantaneous Panoramic Views. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Washington Equestrian Statue at Union Square, Decoration Day, 1876

On mount: New York and Vicinity. Part of the series: New York City. Instantaneous Panoramic Views. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Washington Equestrian Statue at Union Square, Decoration Day, 1876

On mount: New York and Vicinity. Part of the series: New York City. Instantaneous Panoramic Views. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary Fi...

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"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

Lincoln Monument, Union Sq're, Decoration Day, 1876 / photo, P. F. We...

On mount: New York and Vicinity. Part of the series: New York City. Instantaneous Panoramic Views. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Washington Equestrian Statue at Union Square, Decoration Day, 1876

On mount: New York and Vicinity. Part of the series: New York City. Instantaneous Panoramic Views. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Washington Equestrian Statue at Union Square, Decoration Day, 1876

On mount: New York and Vicinity. Part of the series: New York City. Instantaneous Panoramic Views. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary Fi...

Public domain scan of a document related to American poet Walt Whitman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary Fi...

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"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

Walt Whitman Papers in the Charles E. Feinberg Collection: Literary Fi...

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"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

At the speaker's stand after Decoration day at the cemetery in Kirkwoo...

Illinois stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who ass... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

Scollay's square, parade on Decoration Day.

Boston Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yo... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

Decoration Day at the Mt. Auburn cemetery.

Massachusetts stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker wh... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

Grand Review, Decoration Day, New York, U.S.A.

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Grand Review, Decoration Day, New York, U.S.A.

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Grand Review, Decoration Day, New York, U.S.A.

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"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More

"Decoration Day. A Verbatim Report of the Address of Frederick Douglas...

A document from LOC collection of correspondence between Frederick Douglass and his peers. Frederick Douglass was an African American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who lived in th... More