What is Memorial Day and When is it celebrated?

What is Memorial Day and When is it celebrated?

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day set aside for remembrance of those who have died in our nations service.

Memorial Day was first proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, in his General order number 11, and was first observed on 30 May 1868; when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers. The South, at first, refused to acknowledge, Memorial Day, honoring their dead on separate days until after WWI.

When is Memorial Day?

Memorial Day is now observed in almost every state of the union on the last Monday of every May. Since the Civil War more than 1.1 million veterans, both women and men, have lost their lives in service to America. Indeed the Civil War alone accounted for more than 600,00 dead.