Indigestible means that your digestive enzymes can't break fiber down. However, the structure of dietary fiber is altered when you chew, and some is digested by bacteria in your colon. Other fiber passes through your body mostly unchanged.
It began after the Civil War, and â¦was originally known as Decoration Day. Memorial Day started to be used more in the early years of the 20th century, and by the post WW II years, it was universally known as Memorial Day.
It's also a holiday set aside to honor those who lost their lives in the service of their country. The origins of Memorial Day are in the years after the Civil War when the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers were adorned with flowers, flags and wreaths in what became known as Decoration Day.