Show Honor to our Great Country's Military Men and Women Everyday
Dale has a very good post about the history of Memorial Day whioch is very well illustrated. This is a great read and will help with your understanding and observance of the day.
Show Honor to our Great Country's Military Men and Women Everyday, Memorial Day, an American Holiday which is now observed on the last Monday of May, has always been to show Honor to the many Men and Women which who died while serving in our U.S. Military. Which was originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the year of 1868 following the Civil War (Which the True name is The War for Southern Independence).
For decades Memorial Day was observed on the 30th of May, which was the date a Northern General by the name of John A. Logan had selected for the very first Decoration Day. Then in 1968 Congress passed the Uniform Monday Act, in which moved Memorial Day to be observed on the last Monday in May in order to create a three day Weekend for themselves and other regular Federal Employees. That change went into effect in the year of 1971, and that same Law declared Memorial Day to became an official Federal Holiday. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by visiting Cemeteries and Memorials.
Show Honor to our Great Country's Military Men and Women Everyday, Decoration Day, On the 5th of May, 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 World War I.
Show Honor to our Great Country's Military Men and Women Everyday, the Evolution of Decoration Day/Memorial Day. Memorial Day, as Decoration Day gradually came to be known, originally honored only those lost while fighting in the Civil War. But during World War I the United States found itself embroiled in another major conflict, and the holiday evolved to commemorate American military personnel who died in all wars.
As a Vet which Served in actual Battles, I ask that each of y'all to please take the time to show your support to each and every Vet, and Honor them by saying Thank You for their Service and shake their hand! Not only today, Veterans Day and Independence Day, but each and everyday y'all come across a Vet. I sure can say that its truly appreciate more than most folks might ever know!
Show Honor to our Great Country's Military Men and Women Everyday, something which my Lady does, she buys Dunkin Donuts Gift Cards that are good for a Cup of Coffee, and besides saying Thank You to every Vet she comes across wearing something showing they are a Vet, she gives them one of the Cards.
Thank You mighty kindly to each and everyone of my Brother and Sister Vets for Serving our Great Country!!!
God Bless America!!!
Show Honor to our Great Country's Military Men and Women Everyday
Have a good one
Dale in New Hampshire
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