Memorial Day was born in 1866, out of the Civil War, and has grown to become a holiday to commemorate the dead of all wars.

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Jamaica Plain's Gaggle of Civil War Streets

Our Civil War street names focus on heroes of the war: the naval officer Porter, the general Sheridan, post-war president Andrew Johnson, Massachusetts war governor John Albion Andrew (also seen above an arch on the Monument), and perhaps, in a magnificent gesture, Southern commander-in-chief Robert E. Lee.

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Civil War Monument

Jamaica Plain's most familiar landmark may be the Monument at the intersection of South and Centre Streets. Officially it is the Soldier's Monument in West Roxbury, since our area was part of Norfolk County.

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Jamaica Plain Men Who Died in the Civil War

So, too, Forest Hills Cemetery, starting as the municipal cemetery for the former City of Roxbury contains many soldiers who died or survived the Civil War. Foremost is Roxbury’s Civil War Monument.

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Victorian Era