The Grand Army of the Republic Monument, unveiled May 30, 1905, sits among the graves of Civil War veterans at Yakima's Tahoma Cemetery. Donald W. Meyers/Yakima Herald-Republic Facebook ...

In Santa Cruz, a special G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) section of Evergreen Cemetery was dedicated in 1868. It became the focus of floral decorating and memorial ceremonies by those parading ...

The Grand Army of the Republic was first organized by Union veterans of the Civil War in 1866 in Illinois. The history published on the website of the Meeker County Museum and GAR Hall states that ...

After the end of the Civil War, Benjamin Stephenson in Decatur, Illinois, founded a veteran’s group known as the Grand Army of the Republic. It was organized as a brotherhood ...

The holiday was originally dedicated to the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War by the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans led by Major General John A. Logan ...

Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a day to honor and mourn fallen military service members. NPR readers share stories of the loved ones they've lost.