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Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
Tue May 26, 2015, 10:20 AM May 2015

*On this date in 1865, former Black slaves started Memorial Day in America"

Our Gov. left the dead to rot all over the civil war battle fields. Thousands of dead were gathered, respected and buried.

I know it's a day late but I think it's important to know this fact about America. Our Gov. did nothing on their own except start wars.

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