Decoration Day

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1907 postcard depicting Decoration Day festivities at Lee Square

Decoration Day (or Confederate Memorial Day) was a holiday to commemorate the fallen Confederate dead of the Civil War. In Pensacola, this event was traditionally held on April 26.