#general logan

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General Sherman with Generals Howard, Logan, Hazen, Davis, Slocum, and Mower, photographed by Mathew Brady in May of 1865.

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DECORATION DAY- Memorial Day History

Civil War veteran and Illinois National Guard Soldier, Gen. John A. Logan helped found Memorial Day after concern the American people would forget their history and the sacrifices of servicemembers.

On May 5, 1862, General John A. Logan, leader of an organization for Northern Civil War veterans, called for a nationwide day of remembrance later that month. “The 30th of May, 1868, is 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, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed.

The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle. On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, and 5,000 participants decorated the graves of the 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there. Many Northern states held similar commemorative events and reprised the tradition in subsequent years; by 1890 each one had made Decoration Day an official state holiday. Many Southern states, on the other hand, continued to honor their dead on separate days until after WW I 

http://readme.readmedia.com/Preserving-the-Legacy-of-John-A-Logan-Founder-of-Memorial-Day/2404254#!prettyPhoto

http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/memorial-day-history

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