Tag Archive | Memorial Day
Memorial Day Mortality
Monday May 30 is Memorial Day in the United States. It is a day to remember our war dead. I saw on Facebook someone said that they didn’t really have any war dead to remember, so she just remembered her family. I guess I’m in the same boat. After doing some genealogy, I discovered 2 […]
Memorial Day Traditions
The last Monday in May is known as Memorial Day in the United States. Originally called Decoration Day, it was started in 1868 as a way to remember the Civil War dead among Union soldiers. (The Confederates had their own day as well.) By the 20th century, Union and Confederate holidays were merged into Memorial […]
Memorial Day Jack Mormon Alexander Doniphan
Michael Quinn’s book The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power talks about many incidents which led to the “extermination order” by Missouri Governor Boggs. These events are often referred to as the Mormon War in Missouri. While there were some armed struggles, it seems more like vigilante and frontier justice than an all out war. But […]
Mormon Heretic 