More than 2.5 million Americans would fight on the Union’s side to end the southern states ... In 1866, the Grand Army of the Republic was organized to fill that need. Admission was limited ...

Rallies against President Donald Trump are expected across the U.S. on Saturday to coincide with the military parade in ...

Breckinridge carved off pro-slavery allies into a “Southern Democrats Party ... In Santa Cruz, a special G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) section of Evergreen Cemetery was dedicated ...

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 for Union veterans ...

The holiday, originally called Decoration Day, was formalized in 1868 by a Memorial Day Order issued by the Grand Army of the Republic's commander in chief, John A. Logan. For Memorial Day 2025 ...