"Memorial Day" by Mrs. I. G. Braman (1910) http://doesnotevenrhyme.blogspot.com/2014/05/memorial-day-by-mrs-i-g-braman-1910.html One of a number of Memorial Day poems from Troy newspapers I posted recently, and I’ll be posting more. Mrs. Braman’s is somewhat unusual and moving. I don’t know if it’s based on someone real, or just poetic invention. Frances Mitchell Haswell Braman (1867-1945) (Mrs. Isaac Getty Braman) was Watervliet City Historian and is buried at Albany Rural Cemetery. Isaac Getty Braman’s father was Waters Whipple Braman, born in Troy, and the NYS Library in Albany has a collection of his letters: “In essence this is a fine collection of letters, in terms of their completeness and quality of content. Braman’s propensity to record his experiences in detail and at length is excellent. The letters chronicle the history of the 93rd New York Volunteers since he recounts many details of battles and campaigns in which his regiment participated, which included Antietam, Williamsburg, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor, Deep Bottom, and Petersburg Crater. These letters also include many candid observations, comments, and anecdotes about the activities of his fellow officers as well as life in the officers’ quarters." http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc12780.htm At least one of the Bramans buried at Albany Rural, Clarence Braman, was transferred from Oakwood Cemetery. He died in 1877, and his burial card notes he was reinterred in 1901. Chris Philippo