May 29, 2011

MEMORIAL DAY


   "Did you know that Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day in honor of Union and Confederate soldiers who died during the Civil War. It has become a day of national observance for all Americans who lost their lives serving in a war."
The Cajuns.com    Stanley LeBlanc


   We have an eye witness account of Gustave LaBauve's death in a Civil War battle, entitled "Death of a Hero."   

Gilbert LaBauve, my great-grandfather,  included it in his journal:
http://labauvegenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/05/death-of-hero.html



MAY HIS SOUL AND THE SOULS OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED, THROUGH THE MERCY OF GOD,  REST IN PEACE.    AMEN.



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