Here is a little History on Memorial Day May 26,2014
Long before the Great War inspired the red poppy as symbol of death here is a famous poem by John McCrae
Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day, it is a day of
remembrance for is fallen soldiers who have died in service in the United
States of America of two dozen towns, and cities claim the birth place of
Memorial Day. But Waterloo N.Y. was the official place it was announced by
President Lyndon Johnson in 1966 .Memorial was born out of the Civil War to
honor or dead it was officially proclaimed on May 5 1868 by General John Logan
National Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic On the first Decoration
Day General James Garfield made a speech at Arlington Cemetery and 5,000 participants
decorative the graves of 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there
.the first state to recognize Memorial Day as a Holiday was New York in
1873 by 1890 it was recognized by all northern states the south had refused to
acknowledge the day. They had honor their dead on separate days until after
World War1 when the holiday had changed from honoring just those who died
in Civil war to those Americans who had died in any war
It is now celebrated in almost in every
state on the last Monday in May with Congressional passage of the National
Holiday Act of 1971 this has insured a three day week holiday for
federal holidays threw several southern states have an additional day honoring
the confederate dead.
Long before the Great War inspired the red poppy as symbol of death here is a famous poem by John McCrae
In Flanders FieldsBy John McCraeBetween the crosses, row by row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard among the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If yea break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. 
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