According to many reputable online sources of American History: Many small towns celebrated their own "Decoration Day," and they were not on the same date, so they may have done the same. It was't until President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed Memorial Day be celebrated on May 30th, in 1967, that he declared where it began. It then became a national holiday. > The American Legion still sell the poppies once a year, well they don't > sell them they ask for donations. > I was under the impression that the decoration the graves of the fallen > was > started at Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg VA. I am living just up the > road from that cemetery and that was what I heard at a gathering for > Memorial > Day over this past weekend. ************** We found the real ‘Hotel California’ and the ‘Seinfeld’ diner. What will you find? Explore WhereItsAt.com. (http://www.whereitsat.com/?ncid=emlwenew00000004)