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Memorial day - Sue Landon Vaughan decorations

Time: Wednesday Apr 26, 1865

Place: Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.

Details: On April 26, 1865, in Jackson, Mississippi, Sue Landon Vaughan supposedly decorated the graves of Confederate and Union soldiers. However, the earliest recorded reference to this event did not appear until many years after the fact and is considered a myth. Regardless, mention of the observance is inscribed on a southeast panel of the Confederate Monument in Jackson, erected in 1891.

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