Outgrowing

We seem to be outgrowing our dining room but what a wonderful problem.

 

Decoration Day Tributes

With the Liberty Memorial appropriately in the background, you can see graves of veterans in Union Cemetery, adorned with flags provided by Boy Scouts. The cemetery includes the graves of many Civil War veterans, including that of Sgt. Sam Hayes (below) of the 132nd Indiana Infantry Regiment, which served in the Union Army in 1864. The cemetery is also believed to include mass graves from the Civil War. Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day and was created in 1865 expressly to honor the Civil War dead.

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Reflections of Vala

These peonies came from my grandmother's yard. Since she spent much of May saving the blooms in the refrigerator to take around to graves on Decoration Day it seemed appropriate for this Memorial Day weekend. Don't know why all of mine are white because I know she had other colors.