Karen Singer Jabbour: 1 book

Book cover of Decoration Day in the Mountains

Decoration Day in the Mountains

Traditions of Cemetery Decoration in the Southern Appalachians

by Alan Jabbour, Karen Singer Jabbour
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2010

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. These commemorations seem to predate the post-Civil War celebrations that ultimately gave us our...
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