Memorial Day – A Time to Remember
Happy Memorial Day from BillionGraves! Memorial Day is a day for all of us to reflect on the Veterans who sacrificed their lives to give us our freedom, and gave us a day and a place to honor their memory. At BillionGraves I have had…
“You Never Know Who You’ll Find”
Paul Smith (also known as “Graving Guy” at his local historical society) has found a LOT of interesting things in cemeteries. Most of them he wasn’t even looking for in the first place. “For me, that’s the big advantage of doing the photographing. I mean,…
Veterans Day Giveaway Winners
A big thank you to everyone who went out to military cemeteries throughout the country this last weekend and photographed veterans’ headstones. We had a very impressive amount of military images uploaded! We were so thrilled that so many of you took the time and…
Veterans’ Day Giveaway
Hey BillionGravers! Here in the US, it’s Veterans’ Day on Monday and what better way to honor our veterans than by documenting their headstones? We want to encourage all of you to head out to any military cemeteries near you and start documenting these headstones,…
4 Things You Didn’t Know About Memorial Day
1. Memorial Day was originally called “Decoration Day.” That’s right, Memorial Day was first proclaimed on May 5, 1868 by General John A. Logan, National commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. He called it “Decoration Day” when things like flowers should be put…
