The Town of Wilson's Mills will hold a Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 26, 2025 at 11:00am to honor and remember those who died while serving in the United States military. Please join us as we gather outside at the Wilson's Mills Police Station (100 Railroad Street).
Memorial Day is a national holiday set aside to honor military service members who died fighting in a war. Major General John A. Logan, a Civil War veteran, founded Memorial Day in 1868. Following the Civil War, a small group of women went to a cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi and honored the Soldiers of both the North and the South by putting flowers on their graves.
Memorial Day was initially called Decoration Day because graves were decorated with flowers and flags. In May of 1874, Mrs. Laura D. Richardson of Knoxville, Tennessee, Chairperson of a committee to obtain flowers for decorating the graves in the national cemetery of Knoxville, saw flags in a store window. She had an idea and subsequently purchased the flags and had the local lumber mill provide the wood for tiny flagpoles. This began the movement to decorate graves with flags.
In an effort to remind and re-educate Americans about the true meaning of Memorial Day, the National Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day was established by Congress in 2000. Americans are asked to pause at 3 p.m. local time and remember the Fallen.
