On the Banks · May 29, 2017
In remembrance on Memorial Day 2017
Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images for NASCARIt came out of the war that tore America apart.
On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan, leader of an organization for Northern Civil War veterans, 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. Source: History.com