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and other Decoration Day and Memorial Day traditions in Appalachia

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Jimmy Proffitt
May 23, 2025
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As we approach Memorial Day, it makes me think of Decoration Day. I had kind of forgotten that it was coming up, and the other day, someone at work mentioned Decoration Day, and then our best friend, Dee, showed us the flowers she’d just picked up for her family. The two seem to go hand-in-hand, with Decoration Day having come about long before Memoria…

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