Monday, May 30, 2022
A Day to Never Forget and Forever Honor
Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.
On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan, called for a nationwide day of remembrance later that month. “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,” he proclaimed.
The date of Decoration Day, as he called it, was chosen because it wasn’t the anniversary of any particular battle.
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/memorial-day-history
Original source can be found here.
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