Marine Gunnery Sergeant Joel Daniel, Thursday night’s emcee for the summer concert, brought the crowd to its feet during a rousing performance of an original piece traditional bagpipes.

Memorial Day, originally Decoration Day, began in 1866 as an observance to honor Civil War dead, both Union and Confederate. It was called Decoration Day because of the practice of decorating the graves of the more than 600,000 men who died in the conflict. Over the years, the observance was expanded to honor war dead…