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05/26/2026

Edward Whitaker ✍🏾🫂🫆⚖️🫡💭Never played !

Today, I’m remembering what Memorial Day truly asks of us.Before it became a federal holiday, before it became cookouts ...
05/25/2026

Today, I’m remembering what Memorial Day truly asks of us.

Before it became a federal holiday, before it became cookouts and long weekends, Memorial Day began with remembrance.

And one of the first Memorial Day observances happened on May 1, 1865, in Charleston, South Carolina, led by newly freed Black men, women, and children.

A former race course had been turned into a Confederate prison camp, where Union soldiers died and were buried in a mass grave. After emancipation, Black Charlestonians gave those soldiers a proper burial. They decorated their graves with flowers, sang, marched, prayed, and honored them as “Martyrs of the Race Course.”

That history touches me deeply. My family roots are in South Carolina, where this story began. And here in Harlem, Melba’s sits on Frederick Douglass Boulevard, named for a man who never let America forget the truth of what the Civil War was about.

As Douglass said, “We must never forget that victory to the rebellion meant death to the republic.”

So today, yes, we gather. Yes, we cook. Yes, we love on our families.

But we also remember.

Memorial Day is rooted in sacrifice, freedom, and the fight to make this country live up to its promise. And we honor that truth with clear eyes, full hearts, and deep gratitude.

05/25/2026

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05/25/2026

Edward 🙂‍↕️ boy . That’s a lil bit still a nightmare to this day . Reality sits in differently .

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