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Memorial Day was never meant to be cheery. Originally called Decoration Day, it was created in 1868 by Union Gen. John A. Logan as a nationwide day of mourning. May 30 was chosen because it didn ...

Grilling some burgers and having a brew on Memorial Day is cool, but do you know the history of this holiday? While you're enjoying the day off, take some time to understand why today is a holiday.

According to the National Cemetery Administration, the first national observance took place on May 30, 1868, when Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic called for a day to decorate ...

General John A. Logan was the first to call for a nationwide day of remembrance in 1868. Memorial Day became an official federal holiday in 1971 and has been expanded to honor U.S. soldiers who ...

From the podium shrouded in a mourning drape in front of the VFW post along Columbia Avenue during Monday morning’s ceremony, Magala read the entirety of the 1868 order by Gen. John A.

Decoration Day was proclaimed by Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former Union sailors and soldiers, and former Union Gen. and sitting Ohio Congressman ...

Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared it should be May 30, when it was thought that flowers would be in bloom all over the country. Even though numerous communities had been independently celebrating ...

On May 5, 1868, it said General John A. Logan signed General Order No. 11, setting May 30, 1868, as Memorial Day. By 1888, it became a legal holiday in 12 northern states and was recognized ...

Lawyer-historian John Peters — in “Blandford Cemetery, Death and Life in Petersburg, Virginia” — reports that Mary Logan, wife of Gen. John A. Logan, leader of the Grand Army of the ...

Minor read Gen. John A. Logan’s General Orders No. 11, otherwise known as the Memorial Day Order. Logan issued the directive on May 5, 1868, writing that the end of May would be reserved for ...