Kenneth Davis

The origin of Memorial Day

During the Civil War, 2% of the U.S. population was killed. Ken Davis joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the Civil War origin of Memorial Day, originally seen as a Union holiday, when women decorated the graves of fallen soldiers.

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