KY3 Ozark Life Flashback: Church on Route 66 shares true meaning of 'Decoration Day'
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Published: May. 28, 2018 at 8:33 AM CDT
For two women putting flowers on the graves of friends and family is an annual tradition. We now call it Memorial Day, but for decades it was known as 'Decoration Day', KY3's Ed Fillmer learned the meaning of the day as he told the story of two women who honor friends and family buried in a small church cemetery on old Route 66 west of Springfield.