Home » Black People Started Memorial Day On May 1st 1865 – Whites Erased It From History Black People Started Memorial Day On May 1st 1865 – Whites Erased It From History emppress May 26, 2025 Leave a Comment on Black People Started Memorial Day On May 1st 1865 – Whites Erased It From History Posted in Know Your History Share: TwitterFacebookPinterestRedditVKDiggLinkedinMix Did you know Memorial Day was started by freed enslaved people to honor fallen Union soldiers? View this post on Instagram A post shared by EMP PRESS (@emp.press) Related Articles Ibrahim Traoré’s Bold Steps Toward Burkina Faso’s Independence National Park Service Removes References To Harriet Tubman From ‘Underground Railroad’ Webpage How Marcus Garvey Mobilized 15 Million Africans Worldwide Before the Internet The Secret Route to Freedom: How Enslaved People Escaped to Mexico Before the U.S. Abolished Slavery Author: emppress Website
