Editing Memorial Day (section)

=== Columbus, Mississippi ===
Following Mary William's call for assistance,<ref name=":0" /> four women of [[Columbus, Mississippi]] a day early on April 25, 1866, gathered together at [[Friendship Cemetery]] to decorate the graves of the Confederate soldiers. They also felt moved to honor the Union soldiers buried there, and to note the grief of their families, by decorating their graves as well. The story of their gesture of humanity and reconciliation is held by some writers as the inspiration of the original Memorial Day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/05/a-real-story-of-memorial-day/371497/|title=A Real Story of Memorial Day|last=Fallows|first=Deborah|date=May 23, 2014|website=The Atlantic|access-date=January 21, 2020|archive-date=June 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613232901/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/05/a-real-story-of-memorial-day/371497/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://relicrecord.com/blog/decoration-day-origins-memorial-day/ |title=Decoration Day & The Origins Of Memorial Day |last=Adams |first=Will |date=May 25, 2017 |website=RelicRecord |access-date=January 21, 2020 |archive-date=June 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613000504/https://relicrecord.com/blog/decoration-day-origins-memorial-day/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=8552 |title=Confederate Decoration Day Historical Marker |website=Hmdb.org |access-date=January 21, 2020 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612152812/https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=8552 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2018/05/28/graves-union-soldiers-buried-unmarked-graves-columbus/646666002/|title=MSU library, Ole Miss anthropologist, local historian search for Union graves|website=The Clarion Ledger|access-date=January 21, 2020|archive-date=May 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531181237/https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2018/05/28/graves-union-soldiers-buried-unmarked-graves-columbus/646666002/|url-status=live}}</ref>