Memorial Day: The order that called for a national day of remembrance for Civil War dead
Text of the order from Gen. John A. Logan, the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, proclaiming the first Memorial Day May 5, 1868. |!| Wausau
Text of the order from Gen. John A. Logan, the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, proclaiming the first Memorial Day May 5, 1868. |!| Wausau