Ball's Bluff Battlefield Park Military Cemetery, UNITED STATES: May 28, 2018: The Friends of Ball's Bluff held a Memorial Day Retreat Ceremony at the Ball's Bluff Battlefield Park Military Cemetery at 5 PM on Monday, May 28, 2018 to honor those soldiers who fell during this battle. The event included a reading of the casualty rolls, an excerpt from the 1884 Memorial Day speech of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, the bugle sounding of retreat, and the lowering of the flag in the Cemetery. Credit: William Graham/Alamy Live News


UNITED STATES: May 28, 2018: The Friends of Ball's Bluff held a Memorial Day Retreat Ceremony at the Ball's Bluff Battlefield Park Military Cemetery at 5 PM on Monday, May 28, 2018 to honor those soldiers who fell during this battle. The event included a reading of the casualty rolls, an excerpt from the 1884 Memorial Day speech of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, the bugle sounding of retreat, and the lowering of the flag in the Cemetery. This may be the first time in over 100 years that the names of the fallen have been mentioned together on this Battlefield. (Photo by Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now)


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