Category: Public Events & Celebrations, Holidays, Memorial Day
Item 26946
Memorial Day, Presque Isle, 1888
Contributed by: Turner Memorial Library through Presque Isle Historical Society Date: 1888-05-30 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 7797
Memorial Day Parade, Deer Isle, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Deer Isle Media: Photoprint
Exhibit
Most societies have had rituals or times set aside to honor ancestors, those who have died and have paved the way for the living. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, is the day Americans have set aside for such remembrances.