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Today in History: May 30, Soldiers' Memorial Day
Collection of resources about this holiday, "[established] in 1868, [when] Commander in Chief John A. Logan ... issued General Order Number 11 designating May 30 as a memorial day 'for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country.'" Includes links to sheet music and to photos of veterans, memorials, cemeteries, and more. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may30.html
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