Decoration Day

A cantankerous widower garner who is virtually living the life of a recluse is forced to rejoin his community when his godchild skaggs gets in trouble and a childhood friend cobbs a black tenant farmer refuses to belatedly accept the medal of honor for bravery in world war ii.

Decoration day. With james garner judith ivey ruby dee bill cobbs. As a nation we are at war now but for most americans the scale of death and suffering in this seemingly endless. These include a gardener s decoration stonemason s decoration and pedestal decoration you can own more than one of each custom decoration.

A former name for memorial day. To honor the deceased soldiers would decorate graves of their fallen comrades with flowers flags and wreaths. With the june 2020 update there are now 3 custom decorations.

The holiday is observed on the last monday of may. It is also a day devoted to picnics road races commencements and double headers. Southern christians particularly baptists of the rural south tended to reject the autumn observances of remembering the christian dead that focused on all saints day or all souls day nov.

Americans understand that memorial day or decoration day as my parents called it has something to do with honoring the nation s war dead. The holiday was formerly observed on may 30 from 1868 to 1970. Decoration day is a 1990 film based on a novella by john william corrington of the same title.

Directed by robert markowitz. The made for tv movie was directed by robert markowitz and filmed on location in georgia. Custom decorations can be won by participating in derbies and can be found elsewhere in the game.

Decoration day whether observed by families or a rural church is steeped in christian values and symbolism. 1 and 2 as practiced by some faith. On the first decoration day general james garfield made a speech at arlington national cemetery after which 5 000 participants helped to decorate the graves of the more than 20 000 civil war.