MEMORIAL See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

DAY (or DECORATION DAY)  , a See also:

• HOLIDAY

holiday observed in the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern states of the See also:

• UNITED

United States on the 3oth of May, in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of soldiers killed in the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and especially for the decoration of their See also:

• GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

graves with flags and See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers . Before the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the Civil War the 3oth of May was thus celebrated in several of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern states; in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North there was no fixed See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day commonly celebrated until 1868, when (on the 5th of May) See also:

• COMMANDER

Commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

Chief See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John A . See also:

• LOGAN
• LOGAN, JOHN (1748-1788)
• LOGAN, JOHN (c. 1725-1780)
• LOGAN, JOHN ALEXANDER (1826-1886)
• LOGAN, SIR WILLIAM EDMOND (1798-1875)

Logan, of the See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

Army of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic, issued a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order designating the 3oth of May 1868 " for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graver of comrades who died in defense of their See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country during the See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion "; Logan did this " with the See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope that it will be kept up from See also:

• YEAR

year to year." In 1882 the Grand Army urged that the " proper designation of May 30 is Memorial Day "—not Decoration Day . Rhode Islandmade it a legal holiday in 1874, See also:

• VERMONT

Vermont in 1876, and New See also:

• HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire in 1877; and by 1910 it was a legal holiday in all the states and territories See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save See also:

• ALABAMA

Alabama, See also:

• ALASKA

Alaska, See also:

• ARKANSAS

Arkansas, See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida, See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia, See also:

• LOUISIANA

Louisiana, See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi, North Carolina, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Carolina and See also:

• TEXAS

Texas . In See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia the 30th of May is observed as a Confederate Memorial Day . The 3rd of See also:

• JUNE

June (the birthday of See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson See also:

• DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
• DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
• DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
• DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
• DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM BANKS (1833- )
• DAVIS, HENRY WINTER (1817-1865)
• DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
• DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)

Davis) is observed as Confederate Memorial Day in Louisiana and See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee; the 26th of See also:

• APRIL

April in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi; and the loth of May in North Carolina and South Carolina .