https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/78d1867a-a7bf-4136-9716-5d3af7b4c2b7 Uncovering new facets of history—David Blight discovered, in the archive, an account of a #MemorialDay (or, as it was first called, Decoration Day) celebration in the aftermath of the Civil War, led by Black people and Union soldiers in Charleston, South Carolina. On May 1, 1865, Black workmen went to the site of an outdoor Confederate prison in Charleston and reburied the dead Union soldiers that had been left in a mass grave. They built a high fence around the property to protect the site, then joined with white missionaries and teachers in a march of 10,000 around the grounds. Blight believes this event to have been the earliest Memorial Day, founded by African Americans in a ritual of remembrance and consecration. 📷 Etching of 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment singing "John Brown's Body" from Harper's Weekly, v. 9, 1865, p. 165. All other images from the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library, The New York Historical #blackhistory #museumtok #learnontiktok Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:15:32 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/78d1867a-a7bf-4136-9716-5d3af7b4c2b7 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. https://tankie.tube/w/fVj7Hye5oWmoRXJSvRbwpa;threadId=23370 https://tankie.tube/w/fVj7Hye5oWmoRXJSvRbwpa;threadId=23370 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 06:25:36 GMT how come no one taught me this in school?

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