Tag: Memorial

A Memorial Day Resolution For 2024

In 1868, John A. Logan, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic (a fraternal organization for Union veterans) issued “General Order Number 11,” designating May 30 as a memorial day, to be set aside “for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense […]

Oct. 7 and Israel Memorial Day – PJ Media

The victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas onslaught are on the minds of everyone marking Israel Memorial Day this year May 12-13, bringing extra grief to the day commemorating fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terrorism. The State of Israel’s Twitter/X account posted about the new significance Oct. […]