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Saturday, May 28, 2011

God Bless our Troops


Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service.

God bless the fallen!  The one who gave their lives for our freedom.




 
Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873. By 1890 it was recognized by all of the northern states. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war)

GOD BLESS AMERICA LAND OF THE FREE!!

1 comment:

JT said...

Thanks for this tribute to Memorial Day. Great Post.