Today, many Americans will honor fallen brethren from all wars throughout our country’s history.

The genesis for Memorial Day was back in 1868 when Gen. John Logan designated that May 30th be the official day of reconciliation to honor those who died during America’s Civil War.

Because Logan had proclaimed that flowers were to be placed on the graves of every Confederate and Union soldier interred at Arlington National Cemetery, initially the day became known nationally as “Decoration Day”.

Additional days of remembrance have been - and continue to be rightly - celebrated in some states including Jan. 19 in Texas, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi; and June 3 in Louisiana and Tennessee.

Through the first decades, sentiment grew to........

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