The Importance Of Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a day dedicated to those of who died fighting in the American armed
forces. It's original name was Decoration Day because when it originated families and friends honoring the deceased soldiers would go to their graves and decorate them with flowers, treasures, and goodies in honor of their service. The idea for Memorial Day was born during the Civil War to honor the dead Union and Confederate soldiers. Three years later, General John Logan proclaimed "Memorial Day" an official holiday on May 5th, 1868, in Waterloo, NY. On the first Decoration Day/Memorial Day, around 5,000 people decorated the graves of about 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers.
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It's important to honor Memorial Day at Local, State, and National levels because many towns claim Memorial Day as its birthplace, so it gives everyone a reason to connect the holiday to themselves, due to the unusual spread of Memorial Day birthplace beliefs. However, when General John Logan first crafted the holiday the south wasn't in total agreement with celebrating it because of the hard feelings after the recent end of the war. Therefore, the south honored their dead soldiers on a different day than the North until after World War One. Sadly more than 250 soldiers died while imprisoned during the Civil War in Charleston South Carolina and were later buried in unmarked graves. However, the town's black citizens organized a day in May of which they made a burial ground to appropriately honor the unrecognized soldiers. It wasn't until 1967 that the holiday known as "decoration day" was changed to "Memorial Day" in honor of all Americans fighting in any war. For example, in World War One France, Russia, Italy, Britain, And the U.S.A. fought together, leading to over 17 million American deaths, all of our soldiers risking their lives for
forces. It's original name was Decoration Day because when it originated families and friends honoring the deceased soldiers would go to their graves and decorate them with flowers, treasures, and goodies in honor of their service. The idea for Memorial Day was born during the Civil War to honor the dead Union and Confederate soldiers. Three years later, General John Logan proclaimed "Memorial Day" an official holiday on May 5th, 1868, in Waterloo, NY. On the first Decoration Day/Memorial Day, around 5,000 people decorated the graves of about 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers.
This holiday recognizes the hard work, deaths and sacrifices our soldiers made to serve …show more content…
It's important to honor Memorial Day at Local, State, and National levels because many towns claim Memorial Day as its birthplace, so it gives everyone a reason to connect the holiday to themselves, due to the unusual spread of Memorial Day birthplace beliefs. However, when General John Logan first crafted the holiday the south wasn't in total agreement with celebrating it because of the hard feelings after the recent end of the war. Therefore, the south honored their dead soldiers on a different day than the North until after World War One. Sadly more than 250 soldiers died while imprisoned during the Civil War in Charleston South Carolina and were later buried in unmarked graves. However, the town's black citizens organized a day in May of which they made a burial ground to appropriately honor the unrecognized soldiers. It wasn't until 1967 that the holiday known as "decoration day" was changed to "Memorial Day" in honor of all Americans fighting in any war. For example, in World War One France, Russia, Italy, Britain, And the U.S.A. fought together, leading to over 17 million American deaths, all of our soldiers risking their lives for