tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post7848848531553841846..comments2024-01-01T19:09:57.162-05:00Comments on Charleston Daily Photo: Memorial Day HistoryCharlestonjoanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12590582268028752174noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post-89286251342394524152014-05-26T20:08:59.976-04:002014-05-26T20:08:59.976-04:00Read back through the entry, comments and edits. W...Read back through the entry, comments and edits. Wikipedia has a lot of info on the beginning of Memorial Day as well. Charlestonjoanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590582268028752174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post-83115083093689188052014-05-26T13:10:28.915-04:002014-05-26T13:10:28.915-04:00interesting way of saluting the flag. Roman influ...interesting way of saluting the flag. Roman influence among blacks of the time? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08717753130138845634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post-88033238655698761352014-05-26T12:57:35.245-04:002014-05-26T12:57:35.245-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08717753130138845634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post-18723153041328835332013-05-30T23:49:26.081-04:002013-05-30T23:49:26.081-04:00Thanks Donna. It is an amazing picture. I think th...Thanks Donna. It is an amazing picture. I think the Hampton, Virginia/Hampton Park thing got mixed up but not before it got passed along everywhere. Charlestonjoanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590582268028752174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post-76847680437362066452013-05-30T23:02:06.594-04:002013-05-30T23:02:06.594-04:00Joan, my dear friend, I am sure you have found sev...Joan, my dear friend, I am sure you have found several photos that are of the actual time period, so I will not bother to direct you to another. What I will offer, however, is that is a local that, in fact, uncovered this, and shared his research with Dr. Blight. Unfortunately, he was never credited. Nevertheless, I encourage you to look up Dr. Damon Fordham and read what he has done and is doing for research and the community. He is on FB.Donna Gill Colestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146033024371662426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post-58089627321734052472013-05-29T17:47:46.095-04:002013-05-29T17:47:46.095-04:00Yep. The photo doesn't belong with the content...Yep. The photo doesn't belong with the content. Cool photo though and made me learn more about it. Charlestonjoanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590582268028752174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post-13259221447249371752013-05-29T17:47:07.823-04:002013-05-29T17:47:07.823-04:00You got that right. You got that right. Charlestonjoanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590582268028752174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post-2688220135861214772013-05-28T23:21:03.071-04:002013-05-28T23:21:03.071-04:00Just goes to show you that you can't believe e...Just goes to show you that you can't believe everything you read or see on the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post-23715516934019492152013-05-28T20:27:28.678-04:002013-05-28T20:27:28.678-04:00A lot of things masquerade as fact on the internet...A lot of things masquerade as fact on the internet. But I know one thing: that this is not a May 1 photo in either Charleston or Hampton Va (SE Tidewater, where I live) It looks like a photo in the dead of winter here, and whoever posted it as a May 1, 1865 photo is just not sharp.john princenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post-59027323398436816832013-05-28T18:06:49.996-04:002013-05-28T18:06:49.996-04:00Good point. It is a school picture with the studen...Good point. It is a school picture with the students saluting the flag so probably not related to Memorial Day at all. We are guessing someone read the word Hampton and related it to Hampton Park where the event took place in Charleston. Now it is being spread far and wide as a Charleston photo on Facebook. Charlestonjoanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590582268028752174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post-13081652367871626492013-05-28T07:44:50.912-04:002013-05-28T07:44:50.912-04:00Thanks Joan. I thought that photograph looked lik...Thanks Joan. I thought that photograph looked like around here too, but with leaves not really on trees as of May 1 I am wondering if it was in fact a May 1 photo, and maybe a Feb photo, which in fact I really think it looks like. (A Live Oak - a big native here- stands in the background.) Great story.john princehttp://www.prince-landscapes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post-57516746661001513312013-05-27T17:04:55.723-04:002013-05-27T17:04:55.723-04:00What a great bit of history. What a great bit of history. Chattahoochee Valley Dailyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03914506234665827743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30462606.post-2172832749706341302013-05-27T16:10:22.800-04:002013-05-27T16:10:22.800-04:00What a great piece of Memorial Day and Charleston ...What a great piece of Memorial Day and Charleston history. Thank you so much for sharing it with me.Beverlynoreply@blogger.com