DYK...On our Memorial Health campus, we fly an American flag, as well as the flags of the original 13 colonies, on our front lawn. This tradition started on Memorial Day 1990 when a group of military veterans (including employees who served) raised the flags as a tribute to our founding purpose. Memorial Health was founded in 1955 as a living memorial to our nation's war dead. This special tradition has now continued for 34 years. #FlagDay | Memorial Health University Medical Center

On this day in 1868, the first major Memorial Day observance is held (known to many at the time as "Decoration Day"), with mourners honoring the Civil War dead by decorating their graves with flowers. | We Are The Mighty