Memorial Day Echoes on Lincoln Ingersoll and Beecher
A reflective essay traces Memorial Day orations from 1864 Gettysburg to modern echoes. It cites Abraham Lincoln and Henry Ward Beecher, noting Ingersoll's stirring lines on sacrifice and liberty, and ends with poems and public reveries on soldiers and the flag.
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Gettysburo
Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Day Origins and the Logan Decree
A historical note traces Memorial Day from ancient Greek and Roman practices to American observances. It credits General John A. Logan with issuing the May 5 1868 order designating a day to decorate fallen comrades graves and calls out women’s role in inaugurating the custom. The piece covers spread to the North and South, and early observances including Arlington Cemetery led by General Arthur.
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Juptalia
Greece
Rome
Pericles
Demosthenes
Charonea
Tropics
Logan
Grand Army
Joseph Wheeler
Grand Army of the Republic
Bine
Annally
Atlantic
Mobile
New Orleans
South
Southland
Alabama
Georgia
John A. Logan
Hon
New York
Chipman
Cincinnati
Germany
Joh B. Murray
Watertown
Arlington Cemetery
General Arthur
Honours in India Appointments in Shahjahanpur
Pandit Hanhaiya Lai Munsif of Shahjahanpur to officiate as Subordinate Judge of Shahjahanpur vies Babu Shambu Nath Dube Wakil Moradabad to officiate as Munsif of Shahjahanpur and Wakil Agra to officiate as Munsif of Lalitpur Lahore Tribune
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Pandit Hanhaiya Lai
Shahjanpur
Shahjempur
Babu Shambu Nath Dube
Wakil
Moradabad
Shehjanpur
Pandit Kanhaiya Lal
Babu Pyare
Lai Chaturved
Wakil Agra
Lalitpur
Lahore Tribune
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Robert G. Ingersoll
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Wand of Progress
Bayard Taylors
Wong
Bayand Taylor
Earth
Henry Ward
Army of Freedom
W. D. Nisbet
Baltimore
Americas
FL P. Blair
Sherman
St. Gaudens
General W. T
Old Tecumseh
Plaza
Fifty-ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
New York City
J. A. Logan
W. T. Erman
New Jersey
Antietam
Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument
Frederick D. Panghorn
India