MEMORIAL DAY WAS OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED ON MAY 5, 1868 BY GENERAL JOHN LOGAN, NATIONAL COMMANDER OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC IN HIS GENERAL ORDER N. 11 AND WAS FIRST OBSERVED ON MAY 30, 1868, WHEN FLOWERS WERE PLACED ON THE GRAVES OF UNION SOLDIERS A ...
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