https://padlet.com/patriciahopkins/nfgy8m8u4nxadjxh en-us 2025-03-12 16:18:01 UTC 2026-03-12 13:10:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/patriciahopkins/nfgy8m8u4nxadjxh/wish/3821204245 Memorial day was originally called " Decoration Day" May 1966 President Lyndon Johnson officially declared Waterloo N.Y. the birthplace of Memorial Day.

]]> 2026-03-11 13:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/patriciahopkins/nfgy8m8u4nxadjxh/wish/3821204245 https://padlet.com/patriciahopkins/nfgy8m8u4nxadjxh/wish/3821208351 Memorial Day was borne out of the Civil War (ended in 1865). ON the 5th of May in 1868 General John Logan who was the National commander of the Grand Army officially proclaimed his General Order NO. 11.

]]> 2026-03-11 13:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/patriciahopkins/nfgy8m8u4nxadjxh/wish/3821208351 https://padlet.com/patriciahopkins/nfgy8m8u4nxadjxh/wish/3821211784 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. The date of Decoration Day.

]]> 2026-03-11 13:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/patriciahopkins/nfgy8m8u4nxadjxh/wish/3821211784 https://padlet.com/patriciahopkins/nfgy8m8u4nxadjxh/wish/3821215505 On the first Decoration Day 5000 participants decorated the graves of 20000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried at Arlington Cemetery while General James Garfield made a historic speech. New York was the first state to officially recognized by all northern states by 1890.

]]> 2026-03-11 13:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/patriciahopkins/nfgy8m8u4nxadjxh/wish/3821215505 https://padlet.com/patriciahopkins/nfgy8m8u4nxadjxh/wish/3821250337 National Holiday Act if 1971 (P.L. 90-363) it is now observed on the last Monday in May by almost every state.

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