This coming Monday is Memorial Day, and in our commercialized and work-centric pre-COVID-19 culture, it was a day for sales and shopping and big start of summer parties and BBQs. Its roots lie back in the American Civil War, and one of the lost first celebrations involves liberated African-Americans in Charleston, South Carolina and the famed 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, honored with a plaque on Boston Common and depicted in the movie Glory. Read the story of this forgotten celebration on History.com and this Memorial Day recall with gratitude sacrifices so many made for our country, as we in this time make different sacrifices of our own for the common good.