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In honor of freedom

In honor of freedom. Memorial Day. Hampton Park in Charleston South Carolina Was used as a Confederate prison camp for blacks, as well as a mass grave for Union Soldiers Former slaves exhumed the mass grave and buried each individually in 10 days.

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In honor of freedom

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  1. In honor of freedom

  2. Memorial Day • Hampton Park in Charleston South Carolina • Was used as a Confederate prison camp for blacks, as well as a mass grave for Union Soldiers • Former slaves exhumed the mass grave and buried each individually in 10 days. • A group of 10,000 black people gathered together to honor their deaths on May 1, 1865

  3. Memorial Day began as a recognition and remembrance of the cost of freedom. Specifically freedom from slavery.It was later “adopted” by former Union leaders as Decoration Day. A day to decorate the tombs of all fallen soldiers.

  4. Excellent examples of sacrifice Ittai the Gittite 2 Samuel 15:19-23

  5. The Levites Numbers 18:23

  6. Job The entire book of Job

  7. Naomi and Ruth The entire book of Ruth

  8. The widow of Zaraphath 1 Kings 17:8-24

  9. The Prophet Habbakuk Habbakuk 3:16-19

  10. Our Savior Jesus Hebrews 12:2

  11. Tie it all together • Memorial Day began as a group of slaves gathered to honor those who paid a high price for their freedom • We meet today for the same reason. To honor one who paid a high price for our freedom • Everybody is still a slave to something. He offers to begin to release you from it this morning.

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