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Há 5 dias · This spotlight video shines a light on General & politician John A. Logan & his true story of redemption. Learn about the man who made Memorial Day a national holiday & the whole history...
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- The Civil War Project
Há 3 dias · General John A. Logan equestrian statue in Washington D.C. Logan created the holiday honoring fallen U.S. military service-members in 1868, originally known as Decoration Day. As the final days of May approach, Americans prepare to observe Memorial Day, a holiday dedicated to honoring those who have died in military service for the United States.
Há 5 dias · Whatever its inception, historians agree that the first widely held commemoration was in 1868, when Gen. John A. Logan, the commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, an...
- Livia Albeck-Ripka
Há 5 dias · In July 1866, a New York newspaper reported on a “grand gathering” of Union veterans in Salem, Ill. Gen. John A. Logan, head of the fraternal group the Grand Army of the Republic, delivered a ...
Há 3 dias · Jack Carr, bestselling author and former Navy SEAL task unit commander, recounts the orders to create Memorial Day — a day to remember, honor and mourn those who died serving our nation.
Há 2 dias · In 1868 John A. Logan, the commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans, promoted a national holiday on May 30 “for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion.”
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Há 3 dias · Maj. Gen. John A. Logan, one of the great volunteer officers of the war, is credited by many as the first to declare Memorial Day an official holiday. Logan declared an official holiday as commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, the foremost Civil War veterans’ organization, in 1868.
