With this fast approaching, signalling the end of the school year, but more importantly, a way of saying thanks to all those who put their lives on the line to guarantee our freedoms, is actually, got its start after the Civil War.
memorial Day was officially proclaimed by General John Logan, commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, on May 5, 1868. It was first observed May 30, 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Confederate and Union soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.
New York became the first state to officially recognize it in 1873.
Honoring Not Just the Veterans of the Civil War, But All Wars.-- Blockade-R
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