May 26
In 1868, three years after the end of the bloodiest and most traumatic conflict in the nation’s history, the commander of the Grand Army of the Republic ordered that the graves of the late Union dead be suitably decorated on May 30 as a mark of remembrance for the sacrifices they had made.Thus began the custom of Memorial Day. In time it evolved as a commemoration for the dead of all the nation’s wars, and is today observed in nearly all states throughout the land.
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