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MAY 1966: president Lyndon Johnson officially declared Waterloo N.Y. the birthplace of Memorial day.

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1865: Memorial Day was borne out of the civil war which ended in 1865 and a desire to honor our dead

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The 30th of May, 1868: designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves.

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1873: New York was the first state to officially recognize the holiday.

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1921: The Franco-American Children's League sold poppies nationally to benefit war orphans of France and Belgium.