While Memorial Day has typically grown into a day of picnics and discount furniture sales, a resurgence in a true observance of the holiday has evolved in recent years. As one of the longest-standing observance holidays, Memorial Day--once known as Decoration Day--grew out of the need for national cemeteries to bury the fallen from the deadliest war in US history, the Civil … [Read more...] about Important Holiday Reads in Remembrance