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Julia Pierpont Day

M.E. Church 216 Monroe St, Fairmont, WV 26554, USA, Fairmont, United States

On Decoration Day, today known as Memorial Day, mourners honored the Civil War dead by decorating their graves with flowers. Julia Pierpont, wife of the Governor of Restored Virginia, Francis H. Pierpont of Fairmont, (West) Virgina, also recognized as "The Father of West Virginia",  felt that the graves of Union Soldiers buried in Hollywood Cemetery,... View Article