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  • All Fontana Regional Library Locations will be closed Friday, July 4th for the Independence Day holiday.

Decoration Day in the Mountains: Traditions of Cemetery Decoration in the Southern Appalachians

Decoration Day is a late spring or summer tradition that involves cleaning a community cemetery, decorating it with flowers, holding a religious service in the cemetery, and having dinner on the ground. These commemorations seem to predate the post-Civil War celebrations that ultimately gave us our national Memorial Day.