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Memorial Day,
originally called Decoration Day,
is a day of remembrance for those
who have died in our nation's service.
Organized women's groups in the South
were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War.
Memorial Day was officially proclaimed
on May 5, 1868, by General John Logan,
national commander of
the Grand Army of the Republic,
in his General Order No. 11,
and was first observed when
flowers were placed on the graves of
Union and Confederate soldiers
at Arlington National Cemetery.
Waterloo, NY, was officially declared
the birthplace of Memorial Day
by President Lyndon Johnson in May, 1966.
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To our military rank and file,
Thank You,
for serving our nation!
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Please continue to pray for our
military men and women,
our nation, and our leaders.
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. . . and God Bless Texas!
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