The National Park Service shared the story of a local Black Grand Army of the Republic being placed behind a white cadet brigade during the 1898 Memorial Day parade in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

The first Memorial Day ... dozen Black people stepped in to ensure they were remembered. Believe it or not, they exhumed the bodies, laid them in organized rows and built a 10-foot-high white ...

The initial commemoration of Memorial Day is often disputed ... enslaved African Americans and some white missionaries had a parade where schoolchildren, Black religious leaders and members ...

One of the earliest known celebrations of Memorial Day can be traced back to formerly enslaved persons and white missionaries ... The Charleston Courier, 3,000 Black schoolchildren carried ...

Memorial Day weekend traditionally honors military ... than providing them with respect and protection. White supremacist communities viewed Black military service as a direct threat to ...