In 1915, president Woodrow Wilson put a memorabilia box at Arlington National cemetery. In april 2020, the box was carefully removed and opened. Next on american artifacts, we visit arlington to see the contents with tim frank and caitlin smith. About this memorabilia box, we really have to take you back to 1864 in order to bring you forward to 1915. In 1864 we buried the first in maine. Re and then the secretary of war set aside 200 acres to become a national cemetery. By the end of the civil war there were 15,000 confederate soldiers buried here as well as union soldiers. And general john logan established Decoration Day, she declared may 30 of every year. The idea is that people would placethe graves and flowers. Decoration day became a more real day. It became so popular that in 1873, quartermaster general held tory meigs Decoration Day ceremony and at the time it became a small venue. Every year thousands of people would show up to arlington. That 25,000found people showed up to d
Arlington national cemetery. 105 years later, in april 2020, the box was carefully removed and opened. Next on american artifacts, we visit arlington to see the contents with tim frank and caitlin smith. To talk about this memorabilia box, we really have to take you back to 1864 in order to bring you forward to 1915. In 1864 we buried the first soldier here in maine. And then the secretary of war set aside 200 acres to become a national cemetery. By the end of the civil war there were 15,000 confederate soldiers buried here as well as union soldiers. And general john logan established Decoration Day, which he declared may 30 of every year. The idea is that people would visit the graves and place flowers on those graves. Decoration day became memorial day. It became so popular that in 1873, quartermaster general Montgomery Meigs held to Decoration Day ceremony and at it became such a small venue because every year thousands of people would show up to arlington. One year we found that 25
Visit arlington to see the contents with tim frank and caitlin smith. To talk about this memorabilia box, we really have to take you back to 1864 in order to bring you forward to 1915. In 1864 we buried the first soldier here in maine. And then the secretary of war set aside 200 acres to become a national cemetery. By the end of the civil war there were 15,000 confederate soldiers buried here as well as union soldiers. And general john logan established Decoration Day, she declared may 30 of every year. The idea is that people would visit the graves and place flowers. Decoration day became a more real day. It became so popular that in 1873, quartermaster general Montgomery Meigs held to Decoration Day ceremony and at the time it became a small venue. Every year thousands of people would show up to arlington. One year we found that 25,000 people showed up to decorate the graves read in 1913, congress authorized this memorial empathy under that we are standing in. And in 1950 as part of
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