Friday, May 6, 2016

DID YOU KNOW-----

Memorial Day was originally created to honor Union soldiers who died while fighting in the Civil War?  that's why southern states did not observe Memorial Day until after World War I when the holiday was expanded to include servicemembers from all wars.

...it was founded by a veteran? In 1868, Gen. John A. Logan, the commander- in- chief of a Union veterans group, the Grand Army of the Republic, issued a decree calling for May 30 to be a national day of commemoration for fallen servicemembers.

...There's a minute to remember?  Under a 2000 law passed by congress, Americans should observe a "National Moment of Remembrance," pausing for one minute at 3p.m. on Memorial Day to honor fallen servicemembers.

(American Legion Auxiliary magazine, May 2016)

No comments: