In May 1966 President Lyndon Baines Johnson officially declared Waterloo, New York as the birthplace of Memorial Day.
General John Alexander Logan, a US Civil War general and national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic (a fraternal organization of veterans), officially proclaimed Decoration Day on May 5, 1868. It was first observed on May 30,1868 at Arlington National Cemetery when flowers were placed on graves of Union and Confederate soldiers. New York was the first state to recognize the holiday in 1873.
After World War I Decoration Day was expanded to honor those killed in all wars in which the United States was involved. The name Memorial Day became the more commonly used name for the holiday but it was not until 1967 that Decoration Day was officially renamed to Memorial Day by federal law.
Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates the men and women who died while in military service to their country. First enacted to honor both the Union and Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War who had died, it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action. In May 1966 President Lyndon Banes Johnson declared Waterloo, New York as the official birthplace of Memorial Day.
Waterloo, N.Y. was declared to be Memorial day in May 1966 by Lyndon Johnson. There are many other town that lay claim to be the birthplace.
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Waterloo, New York was declared as the birthplace of Memorial Day in Presidential Proclamation 3727 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on May 26, 1966. Waterloo was also declared as such by House Concurrent Resolution 587 of the Eighty-ninth Congress.
Waterloo, New York was declared as the birthplace of Memorial Day in Presidential Proclamation 3727 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on May 26, 1966. Waterloo was also declared as such by House Concurrent Resolution 587 of the Eighty-ninth Congress.
Waterloo, New York was declared as the birthplace of Memorial Day in Presidential Proclamation 3727 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on May 26, 1966. Waterloo was also declared as such by House Concurrent Resolution 587 of the Eighty-ninth Congress.
In 1966, Congress and President Lyndon Johnson declared Waterloo, New York as the "birthplace" of Memorial Day. However on May 5, 1868 General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, proclaimed Decoration Day (the original name of Memorial Day.) It was first observed on May 30, 1868 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia when the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers were decorated with flowers.
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Waterloo, New York.
Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. The official state bird of Kentucky has been the cardinal since 1926.
No birthplace has been named.
Yes. Outside of city hall in Buffalo, New York there is a full size standing statue of him. His birthplace in Caldwell, New Jersey has been restored and is open to visitors. There are no memorials for him in Washington, DC.
Euclid is thought to have been born in Greece, but his actual birthplace is unknown.
No US President has been born in Alaska.