Decoration Day in Brooklyn became a popular holiday, with parades and solemn visitations to cemeteries for commemorative services. Civil War veterans were a part of Brooklyn life through the early ...

Memorial Day-What to Know FILE - A member of the Army visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2024, on Memorial Day.

The formal establishment of Decoration Day came through Grand Army of the Republic Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan's General Orders No. 11, issued in 1868.

On May 5, 1868, the “Memorial Day Act” was issued by Logan and dedicated as a Decoration Day for the war dead. Women played a part in the advocacy of a commemorative holiday.

From “Decoration Day” to Memorial Day In 1868, General John A. Logan, leader of a Union veterans’ group, called for a national day of remembrance for those who died during the Civil War.

The annual Mabe Cemetery Decoration and Mabe Family Reunion is scheduled for Saturday, July 26. Decoration in the morning, a Memorial Service for Ann Mabe Poling at noon at the ...

Memorial Day became an official national holiday in 1971 when the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, passed by Congress in 1968, became law. Before then, Memorial Day was celebrated on May 30 every year.

In Cincinnati, the Decoration Day event was held at the Spring Grove Cemetery. General H.L. Burnett delivered an eulogy for the soldiers. According to a contemporary account, “The graves were ...

Memorial Day was first observed in 1868 as “Decoration Day.” The Pioneer Cemetery holds 145 Civil War veterans’ graves. Observances are held across Lane County, with one of Oregon’s oldest ...