Related commentaries – Separation

With Dishonor Comes Reproach – Proverbs 18:1 – 18:12

Wind Blew The Flowers Into The Confederate Section

When the first Memorial Day was celebrated, a group of women from Washington D.C. asked the War Department for permission to put flowers on the soldiers’ graves at Arlington Cemetery. After a lot of haggling, permission was finally granted on the condition that no flowers be placed on the graves of the Confederate soldiers who were buried in a segregated section of the cemetery. The ladies carried out their task, careful to follow these instructions. But after they had finished and returned home, a strong wind blew almost all the flowers onto the Confederate section of the cemetery. After that the separation was never repeated. Many believed that all this was due to divine intervention. (Source Unknown, Lou Nicholes - Missionary/Author).