DECATUR COUNTY – May is almost gone, and we recently celebrated Memorial Day. Our big event was held at Zion Church. People come from various states and cities besides locally. Every year we gather flowers to place on our loved-ones graves behind the church plus extra in order that every grave receives a flower.
I have six generations of my family buried there, some of the originals to come to America. The children are always eager to place flowers, and it is a great teaching lesson for them to see why we do this.
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