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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 37. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Origin of Memorial day. From Richmond, Va. , Times-dispatch, November 26 , 1909 . (search)
Origin of Memorial day. From Richmond, Va., Times-dispatch, November 26, 1909.
Because there has been some confusion between the Memorial Day observed by the women of the South since the war between the States and the day adopted for the decoration of the graves of Northern soldiers who fell in the same war, the following account, written for the New York Herald by Mrs. John A. Logan, is given here.
Mrs. Logan writes: In the spring of 1868 General Logan and I were invited to visit the battle-grounds of the South with a party of friends.
The South had been desolated by the war. The graves of her soldiers, however, seemed objects of the greatest care and attention.
One grave yard that struck me as being specially pathetic was in Richmond.
Just before our visit there had been a memorable observance, and upon each grave there had been placed a small Confederate flag and wreaths of beautiful flowers.
When I returned to Washington, I spoke of it to the general and said I wished the