John C. Varner III on Nostr: One of the earliest Memorial Day Services was held by formerly enslaved Black People ...
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"content": "One of the earliest Memorial Day Services was held by formerly enslaved Black People who were freed at the end of the Civil War. May 1, 1865 in Charleston, SC they honored dead Union Soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave on a Confederate prison camp. https://www.history.com/news/memorial-day-civil-war-slavery-charleston",
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