Description Decoration Day is a late spring or summer tradition that involves cleaning a community cemetery, decorating it with flowers, holding a religious service in the cemetery, and having dinner on the ground.
Little has been written about this tradition, but it is still observed widely throughout the Upland South, from North Carolina to the Ozarks..
These commemorations seem to predate the post-Civil War celebrations that ultimately gave us our national Memorial Day.
Description Decoration Day is a late spring or summer tradition that involves cleaning a community cemetery, decorating it with flowers, holding a religious service in the cemetery, and having dinner on the ground