05/25/2026
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Most people were never taught this part.
Memorial Day did not begin as just a long weekend or a sale. One of the first Memorial Day observances happened in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865, when freed Black Americans gathered to honor Union soldiers who died for freedom.
10,000 people showed up.
257 Union soldiers were remembered.
And Black service members kept carrying that legacy forward.
Buffalo Soldiers.
Harlem Hellfighters.
Tuskegee Airmen.
Six Triple Eight.
Happy Memorial Day.
We remember. We honor. We are forever grateful.