May 30th 2018

-Source Library of Congress- -Quote of the Day: Sometimes when you start losing detail whether its in music or in life something as small as failing to be polite you start to lose substance.-Benny Goodman musician In 1868 Commander in Chief John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic issued General Order Number 11 designating May 30 as a memorial day 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 and whose bodies now lie in almost every city village and hamlet churchyard in the land." The first national celebration of the holiday took place May 30 1868 at Arlington National Cemetery where both Confederate and Union soldiers were buried. Originally known as Decoration Day at the turn of the century it was designated as Memorial Day. In many American towns the day is celebrated with a parade. Southern women decorated the graves of soldiers even before the Civil Wars end. Records show that by 1865 Mississippi Virginia and South Carolina all had precedents for Memorial Day.