Here at Field Law, we love to support and celebrate family! This month, one of our clients submitted this amazing photo of their young son taking the initiative to learn a little about the importance of estate planning. In the words of the client, “I looked over at my son the other day (who was born just after we finished our trust), and he had apparently picked up some interesting reading material.” Keep up the great work, and remember, you’re never too young or too old to start protecting what matters most to you!
Celebrating Memorial Day
On the last Monday in May, families and friends throughout the U.S. gather to kick off summer and celebrate Memorial Day. This well-loved holiday is commonly associated with images of families picnicking or barbecuing to relax and enjoy the first unofficial days of summer. Often confused with Veterans Day, Memorial Day has a unique quality of commemoration and a rich tradition in our country. The history of Memorial Day spans back to the last days of the Civil War. This beautiful
act of remembrance and recognition of lives lost in the United States first took place on May 1, 1865, in Charleston, South Carolina. Leading up to this day, a number of Black workmen went to the city’s Washington Race Course and Jockey Club, which had been turned into an outdoor prison during the war, and reburied Union soldiers who had been hastily buried in a mass grave. Then, not three weeks after the end of the Civil War, a group of 10,000 Black residents, former slaves, school children, and infantry gathered to memorialize the lives that had been given to abolish slavery and establish freedom for all. Memorial Day was first known as Decoration Day, as communities would come together to decorate the graves of soldiers who died during the Civil War. It became widely observed throughout the nation beginning in 1868. Then, when World War I ended, the day expanded to remember the lives of all who died in America’s wars. It became a national holiday in 1971.
If you have a loved one who has died in service of our nation, we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for their sacrifice and extend sincere regret to you for the loss you have experienced. We know there are no words to make up for the pain of losing a loved one. We invite you to share their story with our office so we can honor them as we celebrate this holiday.
For further reading, visit these websites:
NYTimes.com/2011/05/30/opinion/ 30blight.html
History.com/news/8-things-you-may-not- know-about-memorial-day
AmsterdamNews.com/news/2022/05/28/ freed-slaves-started-first-memorial-day-in- the-us/
History.com/news/memorial-day-civil-war- slavery-charleston
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