Holidays Gallery

MEMORIAL DAY, 1868. Mourners decorating the grave of General Frederick W. Lander in Salem

MEMORIAL DAY, 1868.
Mourners decorating the grave of General Frederick W. Lander in Salem, Massachusetts, during the first nationwide observance of Memorial (Decoration) Day, 30 May 1868. Contemporary American wood engraving after a drawing by J. Warren Thyng

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NAST: CHRISTMAS, 1886. ''Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house

NAST: CHRISTMAS, 1886.
''Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.' Engraving by Thomas Nast from 'Harper's Weekly,' 25 December 1886

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MEMORIAL DAY, 1868. Mourners gathered at the Unknown Soldiers' Monument in Arlington Cemetery

MEMORIAL DAY, 1868.
Mourners gathered at the Unknown Soldiers' Monument in Arlington Cemetery, Virginia, marking the graves of 2, 111 Union Army soldiers whose remains could not be identified, during the first nationwide observance of Memorial (Decoration) Day, 30 May 1868. Contemporary American wood engraving after a drawing by C.M. Thomas

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