Comments on: Memorial Day – A Survey by the Gettysburg Foundation http://www.armchairgeneral.com/memorial-day-a-survey-by-the-gettysburg-foundation.htm All things military history! Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Civil War buff http://www.armchairgeneral.com/memorial-day-a-survey-by-the-gettysburg-foundation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-27171 Civil War buff Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:26:00 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/memorial-day-a-survey-by-the-gettysburg-foundation.htm#comment-27171 Julia may have decorated a Union grave, but she got the idea from the southern women and schoolchildren. There are 18,000 Confederate graves in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. The Hollywood Ladies Association and children had been decorating the Confederate graves since at least 1863 or 1865. They celebrated Decoration Day on May 31, but southern dates varied by region. Julia may have decorated a Union grave, but she got the idea from the southern women and schoolchildren. There are 18,000 Confederate graves in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. The Hollywood Ladies Association and children had been decorating the Confederate graves since at least 1863 or 1865. They celebrated Decoration Day on May 31, but southern dates varied by region.

]]> By: Gerald D. Swick http://www.armchairgeneral.com/memorial-day-a-survey-by-the-gettysburg-foundation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-22501 Gerald D. Swick Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:23:24 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/memorial-day-a-survey-by-the-gettysburg-foundation.htm#comment-22501 Bill, at least one 1864 presidential campaign poster for the Democratic Party showed a Confederate soldier extending a hand of friendship across a grave to a wounded Union soldier; possibly this is a poster (or reproduction) from that campaign. Other possibilities would be promo posters for the Civil War Veterans reunions, which would have used similar fonts and paper. Bill, at least one 1864 presidential campaign poster for the Democratic Party showed a Confederate soldier extending a hand of friendship across a grave to a wounded Union soldier; possibly this is a poster (or reproduction) from that campaign. Other possibilities would be promo posters for the Civil War Veterans reunions, which would have used similar fonts and paper.

]]> By: Bill Miller http://www.armchairgeneral.com/memorial-day-a-survey-by-the-gettysburg-foundation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-22496 Bill Miller Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:29:47 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/memorial-day-a-survey-by-the-gettysburg-foundation.htm#comment-22496 A very nice enlightening article. I always remember those that serve. I also had served 3 years. I would like to ask you your opinion about an old banner that I have. I was told it looks to date around the Civil War 1860's. It shows a Union and Confederate shaking hands. It conatins the right material and style used at that time period. Would you have any knowledge on these types of artifacts? I do not want a value, just to date it. I think it could date to the date of The Gettysburg Address 1863 or what was called then Decoration Day. Thanks again for your education on this topic. Regards, Bill Miller A very nice enlightening article. I always remember those that serve. I also had served 3 years. I would like to ask you your opinion about an old banner that I have. I was told it looks to date around the Civil War 1860′s. It shows a Union and Confederate shaking hands. It conatins the right material and style used at that time period. Would you have any knowledge on these types of artifacts? I do not want a value, just to date it. I think it could date to the date of The Gettysburg Address 1863 or what was called then Decoration Day. Thanks again for your education on this topic. Regards, Bill Miller

]]> By: JoAnn Lough http://www.armchairgeneral.com/memorial-day-a-survey-by-the-gettysburg-foundation.htm/comment-page-1#comment-9680 JoAnn Lough Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:06:32 +0000 http://www.armchairgeneral.com/memorial-day-a-survey-by-the-gettysburg-foundation.htm#comment-9680 According* to Anna Pierpont Siviter, the Francis H Pierponts' daughter, following her mother's(Julia Pierpont), her mother's friends', and some Richmond school children's, including an African American school , cleaning and decorating the neglected graves of Union soldiers in the Richmond Hollywood Cemetery---it was just a few weeks (not the "next year") that some 1000 persons from the Richmond area decorated the Confederate graves in the Hollywood Cemetery. There were bands, speaking, etc. This was in 1866 following the end of the Civil War during Pierpont's serving as Governor of Virginia. He had moved from being the Governor of Restored (Union) Virginia to serving as the Governor of a Virginia united. The Pierpont's home was in Fairmont, West Virginia. They returned to Fairmont in 1868. They lie buried along with 3 of their children in Fairmont's Woodlawn Cemetery Historic District. Fairmont, Marion County, and West Virginia have established a Julia Pierpont Day on the Saturday that begins the Memorial Day week-end for the purpose of cleaning and repairing grave sites along with decorating to remember all veterans and especially those of the Civil War. This is in preparation for the more formal ceremonies on Memorial Day. *Anna gives an account of Julia's (her mother's) effort to care for the Union graves in the Richmond Hollywood Cemetery in her book RECOLLECTIONS OF WAR AND PEACE published by G. P. Putnam's and Sons, NY 1938 Thank you for remembering Julia. JoAnn Lough, Julia Pierpont Day Chair for the Marion County Historical Society. Also Chair of the City of Fairmont Historic landmarks Commission According* to Anna Pierpont Siviter, the Francis H Pierponts’ daughter, following her mother’s(Julia Pierpont), her mother’s friends’, and some Richmond school children’s, including an African American school , cleaning and decorating the neglected graves of Union soldiers in the Richmond Hollywood Cemetery—it was just a few weeks (not the “next year”) that some 1000 persons from the Richmond area decorated the Confederate graves in the Hollywood Cemetery. There were bands, speaking, etc.

This was in 1866 following the end of the Civil War during Pierpont’s
serving as Governor of Virginia. He had moved from being the Governor of Restored (Union) Virginia to serving as the Governor of a
Virginia united. The Pierpont’s home was in Fairmont, West Virginia. They returned to Fairmont in 1868. They lie buried along with 3 of their children in Fairmont’s Woodlawn Cemetery Historic District.

Fairmont, Marion County, and West Virginia have established a Julia Pierpont Day on the Saturday that begins the Memorial Day week-end for the purpose of cleaning and repairing grave sites along with decorating to remember all veterans and especially those of the Civil War. This is in preparation for the more formal ceremonies on Memorial Day.

*Anna gives an account of Julia’s (her mother’s) effort to care for the Union graves in the Richmond Hollywood Cemetery in her book RECOLLECTIONS OF WAR AND PEACE published by G. P. Putnam’s and Sons, NY 1938

Thank you for remembering Julia.

JoAnn Lough, Julia Pierpont Day Chair for the Marion County Historical Society. Also Chair of the City of Fairmont Historic landmarks Commission

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