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Description Decoration Day Ladies of Mississippi – (Seated, left to right) Jane Fontaine, Martha Elizabeth Morton; (Standing, left to right) Kate McCarthy Hill Cooper, Augusta Murdock Sykes Cox. In 1866, these ladies developed plans to decorate the graves of both Confederate and Union soldiers in Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi.
Date circa 1866
date QS:P,+1866-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Billups-Garth Archives, Columbus-Lowndes Library via The Dispatch, May 23, 2010
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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