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Memorial Day origins and early observances traced
The piece discusses who originated Memorial Day, noting Grand Army of the Republic orders in 1868 and ongoing disputes over authorship. It outlines official designations, state adoptions, and the shift toward honoring Civil War dead, later expanding to Spanish American and World War I deaths and future veterans’ communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
War Department
Washington
Congress
Wilson
Grand Army of the Republic
John A. Logan
Philadelphia
Adjutant General's
Fourteenth Street
Washington, D. C
Henry S. Kimball
West
Kimball
General Logan
South
Logan
Mrs. Kimball
Andrew H. H. Dawson