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Memorial Day
Memorial Day
What is Memorial Day and When is it celebrated?
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day set
aside for remembrance of those who have died in our nations
service.
Memorial Day was first proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John
Logan, in his General order number 11, and was first observed on 30
May 1868; when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and
Confederate soldiers. The South, at first, refused to acknowledge,
Memorial Day, honoring their dead on separate days until after WWI.
When is Memorial Day?
Memorial Day is now observed in almost every state of the union
on the last Monday of every May. Since the Civil War more than 1.1
million veterans, both women and men, have lost their lives in
service to America. Indeed the Civil War alone accounted for more
than 600,00 dead.
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