Memorial Day 2014
The Memorial Day Tradition, of honoring our fallen soldiers,
started as Decoration Day after the horrific loss of American lives from the
American Civil War.
Many cities claim to be the home of the original Memorial
Day, but Lyndon Jonson claimed Waterloo NY birthplace of Memorial Day in May
1966. Who are we to argue?
The very first honoring or our fallen soldiers, as
Decoration Day we May5, 1868, by General John Logan, in his General Order No.
11.
“The 30th of May, 1868, is designated 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,”
On the first Decoration Day, General James Garfield lead a
speech at the Arlington National Cemetery, and 5000 onlookers decorated the
tombstones o 20,000 Union and
Confederate Soldiers.
Decoration Day was recognized by all the northern states by
1890. The southern states continued to
honor their own Decoration Day. In the
aftermath of World War 1, the Day was changed from honoring those that died in
the Civil War, to every American that gave their lives in any war.
At 3 PM today, we will stop to honor our fallen soldiers
with a moment of silence.
Today is not the day that celebrates a long weekend, and not
the day that celebrates the Bar B Q. It
is the day we recognize, and are eternally grateful for those heroic men and
women that have fallen in battle to preserve our freedoms and the American Way
of Life.
To you, we owe a debt, and honor your service.
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