Memorial Day quotes and facts

Today is the Day of remembrance. A day when we have those who served in our armed forces to celebrate. Here are some quotations from the Memorial Day and facts to help you remember exactly why now is a national holiday.

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Memorial Day is officially a national feast day in 1971. While Memorial Day is celebrated for over 100 years, it was not until 1971 that he was declared a national holiday.

Civil War Gen. John Logan Memorial Day began in 1868. In 1868, Memorial Day decorations called Day.

Gen. John Logan chose to 5:30 Memorial Day to celebrate, because it was a date that is not battles of the Civil War, and he also was a likely time of flowers for a year, flowers in the whole country.

Gen. John Logan Memorial Day begins to bridge the relations between North and South to help after the Civil War.

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A hero is someone who gave his life to something bigger than yourself. Joseph Campbell

The patriot in the blood is the seed of the tree of liberty. Thomas Campbell

For the love of the country they accepted death ...- James A. Garfield

The greatest glory of a free-born people who doorgeven freedom to their children. William Håvard