{"id":283569,"date":"2026-05-25T12:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/283569\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:16:07","slug":"key-biscayne-remembers-roots-of-decoration-day-today-key-biscayne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/283569\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Biscayne remembers roots of Decoration Day today | Key Biscayne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long before it was a three-day weekend, Memorial Day was known as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Memorial_Day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Decoration Day<\/a>. It began just after the Civil War as a simple, heartfelt movement to decorate the graves of fallen soldiers with the first flowers of spring.<\/p>\n<p>What started in small towns across the country remains our most solemn local tradition. Today, that spirit of remembrance continues right here on Key Biscayne.<\/p>\n<p>The Village of Key Biscayne invites residents to gather this morning at 9:00 a.m. at Village Green Park for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islandernews.com\/local-events\/?_evDiscoveryPath=\/event\/3646324-village-of-key-biscayne-memorial-day-ceremony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">annual Memorial Day ceremony<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The program will include a color guard presentation, guest speakers, a ceremonial wreath laying, and musical performances. It is a quiet opportunity for the community to gather in patriotic tributes, and shared tradition to honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long before it was a three-day weekend, Memorial Day was known as Decoration Day. It began just after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[120531,75415,120530,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-283569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-key-biscayne-memorial-day-celebration","tag-memorial-day","tag-memorial-day-on-the-village-green","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}