Board members of the Alliance to Preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington held a brief Memorial Day ceremony at the Battleground National Cemetery.  The cemetery 

was established shortly after the Battle of Fort Stevens, in the summer of 1864. The battle, which lasted two days (July 11-12, 1864) marked the defeat of General Jubal A. Early's Confederate campaign to launch an offensive action against the nation's capital.

Some of the highlights included the reading of the poem "The Bivouac of the Dead" by Carolivia Herron; a reading from "Three Years in the Sixth Corps" by Bryan Cheeseboro.

Flags were placed on the graves as well as playing of "Taps" by Tom Sneeringer