Guest Editorial: Bearing Flowers and Tradition, the Next Generation Takes on the Duty of Decoration Day

Bearing flowers and tradition, the next generation takes on the duty of Decoration Day

Riverside Cemetery in Perry County, where members of the author’s family are buried. (Photo by Tracy Staley)Editor’s note: I debated whether to republish this column from The Daily Yonder for the third Memorial Day in a row, but I love it so much I made it a tradition. – JL This story was first published in The Daily Yonder on May 21, 2021 and is is republished here under a Creative Commons license. While their friends are cannonballing into the…

Guest Editorial: Bearing flowers and tradition, the next generation takes on the duty of Decoration Day

By Tracy Staley This story was first published in The Daily Yonder on May 21, 2021 and is is republished here under a Creative Commons license. While their friends are cannonballing into the city pool this weekend, my sons will spend the day in an Eastern Kentucky cemetery, placing flowers on the graves of relatives they never knew. We […]