Memorial day - Boalsburg ladies
Time: Monday Jul 4, 1864
Place: Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Details: On July 4, 1864, ladies decorated soldiers' graves according to local historians in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania. Boalsburg promotes itself as the birthplace of Memorial Day. However, no reference to this event existed until the printing of the History of the 148th Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1904.
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