The First Memorial Day Was Black

We are the Original people on this Planet.

Never Surprises me when I hear the Absolute Truth about our Rich Black History.

Infinity thanx for this Great look back....

Thank you my brother for setting the record straight! ✊🏿👊🏿

Thanks Bruh! They forgot to tell me this in public school! They just can’t seem to get enough of taking our stuff! We created everything… literally!

That is some serious Black history!! Wow! This is truly something you have not learned in the school system.

Today we remember with gratitude to those fallen soldiers, that sacrificed their lives for this country and the families who carried the burden of their memories. We will continue to celebrate these solders, they are our true heroes.

Thanks for this great opportunity to learn about Memorial Day and who got it started I’m Grateful and Thankful for all that I am learning about Our Black History ❤️‍🩹

This is fantastic information! This Brother is absolutely on point as he reveals how Black people had the audacity to honor our own people that were brutalized to death in Charleston, South Carolina! Our ancestors, Black Union Soldiers, died in anguish at that prison simply because they assisted in the liberation of Black people that were enslaved primarily in the South during the colonial period of North America. May we continue to celebrate them as the true heroes of Black People and the United States of America in general!

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New Knowledge for me and more Blacks should be taught this history.

Thank you Brother for enlightening us to Our First Memorial Day in 1865!!!

1865 was first Memorial Day.

Thanks Garvey Nation for sharing this incredible true story on the the First Memorail Day being Black!

KNOWING THE TRUTH MAKES US A GREAT BLACK NATION!

The accuracy gives a whole new meaning and appreciation.❤️🖤💚

Astounding. We honor our heroes. The heart of Memorial Day started with us. I’m so glad to learn this Black History ❤️🖤💚

Education and knowledge is power!

Memorial Day started with us. I am. I rejoice in the truth of how this day came to be. Our

Ancestors are definitely Warriors and should be Martyrs!

Wow, the deeper we uncover, the smarter we become .

Martyrs of the Racecourse

Honoring our ancestors who laid down their lives so that their people will not be slave and have a better life. We are surely standing on the shoulders of giants.

What a powerful lesson that the First Memorial Day was started by Black people. This action shows that we are a special people. The Union soldiers were disinterred (to remove a dead body from a grave) and reburied. The Black community took responsibility for them over the course of 10 days. They properly reburied the soldiers in individual graves, build a whitewashed fence around the site, and erected an archway at the entrance labeled "Martyrs of the Racecourse."

The Black community spent an all-day celebration of freedom, remembrance, and unity. It began with a massive procession and ended with picnics, speeches, and military drills.

The Black Children marched out onto the racecourse track. They carried armfuls of roses, lilacs, and spring flowers in putting flowers on every single grave.

Black ministers led the throng in singing traditional spirituals, reading scripture, and offering prayers.

Military Drills: The Black Union soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts, 35th United States Colored Troops (USCT), and 104th USCT marched onto the field.

This was the day of remembering the "Martyrs of the Racecourse."

That is truly amazing for our Black History. Started with us and for us in Charleston South Carolina May 1 1865. We honor our fallen. Decoration Day