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ISSUE: Memorial Day

By Sarah Reddoch

In 1868 when John A. Logan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, wrote General Orders No. 11, regarded as the founding of Memorial Day, he likely never imagined the federal three-day weekend. Surely he never imagined what was intended as a solemn observance to honor the fallen of the Civil War, one day would be seen as the unofficial start of summer.


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