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 ...

Email community announcements to newscouriersoundoff@gmail.com. Decoration Day at Miller Cemetery  Decoration day at Miller Cemetery in Rogersville will be held on Saturday, July 26. A brief business ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...