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At what point in life does one start thinking about their eternal resting location? Will it be six feet under ground or an urn in a columbarium niche? If you are an obituary reader, you will have noticed that as per most wishes, cremation has taken place, with a celebration of life set to take place at a later date.
According to the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), out of the 306,468 deaths that occurred in Canada in 2020, 224,081 were cremated, accounting for 73.1 per cent of who agreed or had their family sign a cremation certificate. This is an increase from the 72.2 per cent cremation rate reported by CANA in 2019. In 2018, the cremation rate was 71.6 per cent, marginally lower than both proceeding years. There is no national cremation society in Canada.
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Arlington s Memorial Day ceremony will pay tribute to an active duty soldier who was killed in a helicopter crash last fall. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)
ARLINGTON, MA Memorial Day is a holiday that people in Arlington and across America look forward to every year as the start of summer.
But it also gives the country a chance to look back, as the final Monday in May is a day to remember all American lives lost during military service.
Here are five things to know about the history of Memorial Day:
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1. It Was Originally Called Decoration Day: Remembering veterans who died while in military service in late May dates back to 1868, when Gen. John A. Logan called for a day of remembrance to honor the Northern lives lost amid battle during the Civil War that had ended just a few years earlier, according to History.com. Logan called it Decoration Day, which it was known as for several years. As time passed, more and more people called it Memorial Day, History.com reporte