Giveaway!
Hi friends,
It’s been a while, so we thought it would be fun to do a little trivia giveaway!
So brush up on your Memorial Day history, because we will be giving away a $25 promo code and 4 WorshipHouse T-shirts for the winner and their media team.
Leave your answers in the comment section! One winner will be chosen at random on Tuesday, May 29.
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Here we go:
1. Which historical event started the first Memorial Day in the US?
2. Who first declared Memorial Day a holiday?
Good luck!
May 23rd, 2012 at 8:45 am
Hey guys, great site and thanks for the opportunity!
1. It originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War.
2. Freedmen (freed slaves) knew of the Union dead and decided to honor them. However, Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan.
May 23rd, 2012 at 8:46 am
The first memorial day was initially to commemorate the fallen soldiers after the American Civil War.
General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, officially declared Memorial Day on May 5, 1868. Have a great day!
May 23rd, 2012 at 8:49 am
1. Which historical event started the first Memorial Day in the US?
THE CIVIL WAR
2. Who first declared Memorial Day a holiday?
General Logan made it official.
May 23rd, 2012 at 8:57 am
1. Civil War
2. General John Logan on May 5, 1868 and first observed May 30, 1868
Not until 1967 did the name Memorial Day become official
May 23rd, 2012 at 8:58 am
Event was Civil War (or War Between the States)
Who? General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, declared a day of remembering those fallen in the war in 1868
May 23rd, 2012 at 9:07 am
1. Established after our Civil War to honor the fallen Union soldiers. (Of course, was later extended to all fallen Americans.)
2. General John Logan
Thanks, guys!
May 23rd, 2012 at 9:13 am
1. Following the Civil War
2. On May 5, 1868, he issued General Orders No. 11, which set aside May 30, 1868,
1st official Government recognizing: In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson officially appointed Waterloo New York as the birthplace of Memorial Day
2. It wasn’t until 1971 that congress declared Memorial Day to be a national holiday and expanded it to include all veterans not just those that died in the civil war. The date was moved to a the last Monday in May under the Uniform Holiday Bill. President at the time: Richard Nixon
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:19 am
1. Civil War
2. General John Logan – May 5, 1868
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:28 am
1. The first Memorial Day in US was started to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the American Civiil War.
2. General John Logan declared Memorial Day a holiday on May 5, 1868.
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:46 am
The event sparking the beginning of Memorial Day, was The Civil War
It was first declared as a holiday by the Federal Government in Waterloo, New York in 1966.
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:50 am
1. The Civil War
2. Gen. Logan, then officially Congress
May 23rd, 2012 at 10:53 am
The answers!:
1) The Civil War
2) General John Logan
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:22 am
1. In 1882, the term “Memorial Day” first came into use, however it was not widely accepted until after World War II. The holiday remained focused on the Civil War until just after World War I, when it was expanded to include those Americans who had fallen in all conflicts. With this expansion, many of the Southern states that had refused to take part began to observe the day.
2. In May 1966, recognizing that most early celebrations were local in origin or not annual events, President Lyndon B. Johnson bestowed the title of “Birthplace of Memorial Day” upon Waterloo, NY. But, going way back to after the Civil war days,
General John Logan first recognized Memorial Day to honor the Union soldiers who died ib the Civil war.
May 23rd, 2012 at 11:47 am
1. The first known Memorial Day observance was in Charleston, SC, on May 1, 1865. 257 Union prisoners died there and were hastily buried in unmarked graves. Freed slaves decided to honor them and together with teachers and missionaries, organized a May Day ceremony. Years later, it was called the “First Decoration Day” in the North.
2. General John Logan, May 5, 1868. Later in 1971, Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday to be celebrated the last Monday in May.
May 23rd, 2012 at 12:27 pm
1. The Civil War and it was first celebrated in Waterloo, NY, credited as the Birth place of Memorial day, May 5th, 1866
2. General John Logan did the first decoration day which later became known as Memorial day. Then in 1971 Congress officially declared the 4th Monday of May as Memorial Day and giving all federal workers a three day weekend.
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:30 pm
1. Civil War
2. General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:46 pm
1. Decoration Day began as the day to commemorate soldiers who had given their lives in the Civil War.
2. General John Logan first started Decoration Day but it wasn’t an official holiday until 1967.
May 23rd, 2012 at 2:47 pm
1. Civil War, when flowers were placed on fallen Union & Confederate soldiers’ graves at Arlington National Cemetary.
2. General John Logan
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:26 pm
1. The War of Northern Aggression, or ‘Civil War’ as it is known in some places
2. General Logan, Congress, and President Nixon, many decades apart
May 23rd, 2012 at 3:45 pm
1. The Civil War
2. General John Logan called it “Decoration Day”. It wasn’t until 1971 that Congress actually declared it an official holiday.
May 24th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
1. The Civil War
2. General John Logan
Thank you for the giveaway, but more importantly, to our brave men and women, troops here and overseas for their service protecting this great country. For those who have sacrificed their lives, may God bless all of them and their families. Thank you!
May 25th, 2012 at 6:41 pm
The first memorial day was initially to commemorate the fallen soldiers after the American Civil War.
General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, officially declared Memorial Day on May 5, 1868.
May 26th, 2012 at 5:25 am
1. The Civil War
2. General John Logan
May 29th, 2012 at 2:17 am
1) Civil War
2) General Logan
May 29th, 2012 at 10:11 am
I know I am a bit late on this, but noticed a bit of inconsistency as to the actual start.
1. The Battle of June 9, 1864 [Pertersburg, Va], however it wasn’t called Memorial Day until after The Civil War, until that point it was called Declaration Day and only observed by the Confederate States.
2. Originally noted by Mrs Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan [wife of Gen John Alexander Logan [C-I-C of GAR]] He then made the movement to the GAR to observe the fallen soldiers for the Union Armies as the Confederate were already doing in Petersburg, VA. [Observed by Mrs Logan on a trip in early spring of 1868]. It was then brought before congress and voted unanimously adopted & Certified June 22nd, 1868 then first observed Nationally May 30th, 1869.
Happy Memorial Day all, history is so interesting.