Black people started Memorial Day. In the wake of the 1865 confederate evacuation from South Carolina, the bodies of over 250 Union soldiers were left to rot in unburied coffins. Freed Black people buried these soldiers and on May 1, 1865, 10K mostly Black people showed up. Glad you asked.
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That's a follow. ✅
https://www.history.com/articles/memorial-day-civil-war-slavery-charleston
https://wapo.st/44RobZz
“Martyrs of the Race Course.”
respect.