Why is Memorial Day important to the community that is Marcellus?
Today we experience our outstanding life style because many of our forefathers in the town and village of Marcellus were willing to step forward to establish, defend and preserve the freedoms we have. Memorial Day was first called Decoration Day following the Civil War because Americans decorated the graves of war veterans on May 30 with red flowers. In 1968 Congress officially establish May 30 as the national holiday of Memorial Day to honor those who died in military service. In 1971 Congress moved the observation date to the last Monday in May. If we were to walk just around the corner to the Village Cemetery, we would find the new flag pole and memorial and sign which says, in part; Here rests many a soldier of the American Revolution, of the War of 1812, of the Civil War, their warfare is over There is no one to preserve the memories and the legacy from the past. There is no one but us. When the American Legion members march in the parade to this point, they stop on North Street a
