Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
Memorial Day, May 28
The Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
will be closed Monday, May 28.
Library Materials Related to Memorial Day
Search for books, and other items in the Library about Memorial Day, California cemeteries.
A related topic is that of the rural cemetery movement, as discussed in Garry Wills, Lincoln at Gettysburg, 1992--possibly discussed elsewhere in materials about the Gettysburg address.
External Links
- How to Observe Memorial Day - www.usmemorialday.org
- Origins of Memorial Day - http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/faq/memday/MD-Dev.htm
- National Gravesite Locator - http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1 [National Cemetery Administration. Veterans Benefits and Services]
- Gettysburg Address, November 19: Today in History - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov19.html
- Veterans History Project - http://www.loc.gov/vets/ [Library of Congress]
Photo credits:
Top: Various scenes at Arlington National Cemetery. Photos by Arlington National Cemetery. www.arlingtoncemetery.org
Below: Reviewing stand and crowd at Soldiers' Memorial Dedication Day.
R.W. Johnston Studios; October 26, 1910. "Reviewing stand and crowd at Soldiers' Memorial Dedication Day. 1910. Panoramic photographs (Library of Congress), Prints and Photographs Collection, Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-131013 DLC (b&w film copy neg.)
