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Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day. It was a time set aside to honor the nation's Civil War dead by decorating their graves. Post Commander David Womack of American Legion Post # 184 in Herndon, Virginia and Lisa Swan laid Memorial Wreaths on the graves of two Confederate soldiers "Known only to God" on Memorial Day, 2018.

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Herndon Honors Veterans Fallen In Service

Speaker at the Memorial Day Ceremony in Herndon also calls to honor government civilians and contractors killed in the line of duty.

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