Decoration Day - Dave's Midwestern Ohio Memories

Series of Guest Blogs by an out-of-state Fish Report reader originally from this area about fond memories of growing up in Midwestern Ohio during the 50’s & 60’s

Decoration Day

Before Memorial Day was declared a national holiday in 1971, it was known as Decoration Day, a tradition that started after the Civil War when graves of deceased soldiers were decorated with flowers to honor their sacrifice for our country. So as a kid, I can vividly recall going to the cemetery with Mom & Dad to place flowers on the graves of veterans while saying a short prayer. Our family would then visit our cousins in Osgood for fun times and a chicken barbecue as documented in this previous blog post.

In honor of all the veteran’s I’ve written about in this blog, here are some of my favorite posts:

The most read blog ever: http://fishreportonline.blogspot.com/search?q=Okinawa

My mother’s band of brothers: http://fishreportonline.blogspot.com/2019/01/band-of-brothers-daves-midwestern-ohio.html

Loramie legends: http://fishreportonline.blogspot.com/2018/05/local-legends-daves-midwestern-ohio.html

Fish Report readers - Enjoy Memorial Day - never forget those who died and served to preserve our freedom.

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