But then we had the War of 1812. The War of 1848. And of course, the American Civil War, where 700,000 Americans died trying to abolish slavery, and some trying to perpetuate it.

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Observance of the holiday became common place following the War of 1812, according to the Library of Congress, and by 1870 it had grown to be "the most important secular holiday on the calendar." ...