I posted this last year but would like to share it with you once again in honor of those who continue to serve to keep our country free.
Today is a day to give our men that served in the Armed Services and gave their lives for the safety of our nation some remembrance.
Going back to the beginning of the yearly, what we now see as a holiday, began as
Decoration Day.
Beginning back on 1864, a Mississippi ladies group began decorating graves of the Civil War fallen. On April 25,1866 a ladies group from Columbus,MS decorated the graves of both Confederate and Union soldiers to help begin the healing process of the past war.
It wasn't until 1868 that a specific remembrance was declared. (www.suvcw.org/gar.htm)Commander in Chief John A. Logan credited his wife,Mary, with implementing the commemoration.
In 1882 the name Memorial Day took the place of the original Decoration Day. May 30th was the day set aside initially . Then in 1971, President Nixon declared that it will be celebrated at the federal level on the last Monday of May, thus our present day off work for some. As time goes on it seems that our interpretation of national holidays in commemoration of lives given by our Fathers, Brothers, Uncles, Cousins and friends are not being observed for its original intent. Maybe unless it touches us directly we don't fathom what it means.
Just a few tidbits of information on how our country instituted the Memorial Day holiday.
A holiday that still remains as a day set aside for bringing back the memories of lives lost in the protection of the idea of Freedom...
I posted this last year but would like to share it with you once again in honor of those who continue to serve to keep our country free.
Today is a day to give our men that served in the Armed Services and gave their lives for the safety of our nation some remembrance.
Going back to the beginning of the yearly, what we now see as a holiday, began as Decoration Day.
Beginning back on 1864, a Mississippi ladies group began decorating graves of the Civil War fallen. On April 25,1866 a ladies group from Columbus,MS decorated the graves of both Confederate and Union soldiers to help begin the healing process of the past war.
It wasn't until 1868 that a specific remembrance was declared. (www.suvcw.org/gar.htm)Commander in Chief John A. Logan credited his wife,Mary, with implementing the commemoration.
In 1882 the name Memorial Day took the place of the original Decoration Day. May 30th was the day set aside initially . Then in 1971, President Nixon declared that it will be celebrated at the federal level on the last Monday of May, thus our present day off work for some. As time goes on it seems that our interpretation of national holidays in commemoration of lives given by our Fathers, Brothers, Uncles, Cousins and friends are not being observed for its original intent. Maybe unless it touches us directly we don't fathom what it means.
Just a few tidbits of information on how our country instituted the Memorial Day holiday.
A holiday that still remains as a day set aside for bringing back the memories of lives lost in the protection of the idea of Freedom...
