Memorial Day origins and the first grand review of the army
The piece traces Memorial Day’s roots to 1868 General Orders by John A Logan, notes earlier southern commemorations in May, and recalls the 1865 grand review of the Army of the Potomac in Washington. It highlights the national mood, Grant's later address, and the demobilization that followed.
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Army of the Potomac
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Monument to Confederate soldiers at Point Lookout
The United States erected a monument to 3384 Confederate soldiers and sailors who died as prisoners of war at Point Lookout, with many unidentified burials and others shipped home after the Civil War, the site set four miles from Point Lookout overlooking the Potomac.
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Sun dogs and parhelia explained in the sky
Sun dogs or parhelia appear when sunlight passes through a thin ice crystal cloud. The phenomenon creates bright spots to the sides of the Sun as light refracts and reflects within the ice crystals.
Battle of Chickamauga and Atlanta in Civil War narrative
A narrative review describes Union general Rosecrans at Chickamauga with Bragg retreating and Polk striking Thomas. It notes Thomas's defense, a misinterpreted order that caused a Confederate breakthrough, and Rosecrans fleeing to Chattanooga. It then covers the July 1864 Battle of Atlanta with Shermans forces defeating Hood, McPherson killed, and heavy losses on both sides.
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James B. McPherson
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John M. Schofield
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Massing of the Colors Service at Washington Cathedral
The annual Washington massing of the colors gathers patriotic groups and thousands on Mount St. Albans southern slope to honor the heroic dead. A six hundred banner procession leads to the Cathedral through Pilgrim Steps. The event rejects denominational or political divisiveness and centers on gratitude, tolerance, and national unity with the President or his greeting and a bishop’s sermon urging that these dead shall not have died in vain.
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Washington Star
Local social notes and town events in Sudbury area
Mrs Walter Piper and Mrs George Raymond hosted dinner at Mrs Anne Buxton’s Sherborn home. Miss Juliet McCormick and Miss Helen Ambrose of Framingham visited Sudbury friends. Mr and Mrs Herbert L Newton bought two lots at Bradley Avenue. Paul Eckes opposes Forrest Bradshaw’s committee on Boston Post Road construction location. Mrs Philip Buxton of Worcester stayed with Mrs Anne Buxton Concord Road. Mrs Gardner Poole hosted a bridge gathering Friday on Framingham Road. Sudbury High beat Acton High 7 to 6 in baseball. Selectmen may meet soon to fund holiday employee costs. Some high school boys already finding vacation jobs. Pine Lakes tax sale sees no bidders, town holds another tract. Chain letter craze grows with large stakes. several boys reportedly hold up to fifty dollars. Mr and Mrs John McGill of Wellesley visited in the Center. Cemeteries under Devo care in excellent shape ahead of Memorial Day visits. Mr and Mrs Joshua Mills of Buckley in West Medford visited Anne Buxton Sunday.
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Walter Piper
George Raymond
Anne Buxton
Gertrude M Hadleran
Edwin Phipps
Sherborn
Juliet McCormick
Helen Ambrose
Framingham
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Sudbury
Herbert L. Newton
Bradley Avenue
Paul Eckes
Forrest D Bradshaw
Boston Post Road
Philip Buxton
Worcester
Concord Road
Gardner Poole
Bridge
Framingham Road
Sudbury High
Acton
Pine Lakes
John McGill
Wellesley
Devo
Joshua Mills
Buckley
West Medford
Flag of the Confederacy’s early design and secession count
The original Confederate flag featured three horizontal bars red white red with a blue union and seven white stars in a circle. The later Southern Cross flag showed a blue saltire bordered in white on red with three stars on each arm and one at the intersection. Only eleven states actually seceded.
Sun Honors War Dead at Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance
The article describes an annual sun shaft memorial at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance where a beam of sunlight aligns with a rock feature at 11 a.m. Melbourne time on November 11 to honor war dead.
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Melbourne
Australia
Shakes and Shakes Judy Tunkins segs a politician
A fragment describes Judy Tunkins accusing a politician of deceit, portraying a figure who offers a handshake then pressuring for favors. The wording suggests a satirical or critical note about political dealings.
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Judy Tunkins
Coining Money Across Nations
The United States mints have coined money for other countries, while no other nation has minted currency for the United States, highlighting a unique reverse of typical seigniorage practices and international minting activity.
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