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Posted: 27 May 2016

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Decoration Day: The Story of the Flag

Decoration Day: The Story of the Flag
"Decoration Day. Story of the Flag. C. Bunnell."

This 1908 postcard for Decoration Day (now called Memorial Day, of course) is unusual for its humorous take on the holiday. The illustration of a couple kissing behind a flag is quite a contrast to the depictions of monuments, gravesites, and soldiers that typically appeared on Memorial Day postcards in the early twentieth century.

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 wintorbos
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It's interesting that Canada seems to have merged Decoration Day into Armistice Day (now Remembrance Day) after the Great War, while the U.S. retained the May holiday (as Memorial Day) and added the November 11th one as well.
7 years ago.

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