This is the .epub e-book version of the GHS's Pocket History #9, Memorial Day in Granville, 1873–1936: An Ohio Village Shapes a Tradition, by Charles A. Peterson.

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The Granville Memorial Day observance in the twenty-first century annually attracts hundreds of spectators, a grand testimonial to the quality of the event. Much of the credit for this success can be attributed to the program’s origins in 1873. Memorial Day, at first known as Decoration Day, was called for by an order of the Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1868. The following year, in communities across the nation, Civil War veterans began to respond, as did those in Granville, Ohio. Here, the men who endured the horrors of the War Between the States organized the Soldiers and Sailors Association, whose purpose was to sponsor a program paying tribute to their fallen comrades as well as to their fellow veterans. A parade, band music, recitations, speeches, and recognition of veterans recently deceased were on the programs at the beginning, as they are today. In this volume, 150 years later, we take a close look at the individuals who had key roles in initiating this tradition, what the keynote speakers of the day had to say, and other special elements of honor and memory associated with the holiday.

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