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Who Do We Remember on Memorial Day?

May 29, 2023
The first Memorial Day was called “Decoration Day.” On May 5, 1868, commander-in-chief of a Union veterans’ organization, General John A. Logan, announced the creation of a holiday as “designated 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."