Column: Memorial Day holiday has both Southern and Northern origins

The Memorial Day holiday, originally called Decoration Day, is credited to an Illinoisan, John Alexander Logan, but a Georgia woman, Mary Ann Williams, was the documented inspiration for the modern

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