MEMORIAL DAY TRIVIA - DID YOU KNOW?

 





Our Brave Warriors!

We appreciate all of you!  With from all of us!

 

Be safe while out and about this weekend and always.

 

 

 

Interesting Facts- Did you know?

 

·        Memorial Day first started in 1868.

·        Commander – in-Chief John A. Logan, issued what was called General Order Number 11, to designate May 30th as a Memorial Day.

·       Memorial Day is on Monday 29, 2023, originally known as Decoration Day.

·       The original name dates to the years following the Civil War.

·       It became an official federal holiday in 1971.

 

Source: www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_memorial_1.html


 

·        It is unclear where exactly this tradition originated, however, each year on Memorial Day a national moment of remembrance takes place at 3:00 p.m. local time.

·        In 1966 the federal government declared Waterloo, New York, the official birthplace of Memorial Day.


 Source:  https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/memorial-day-history





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