Where did Memorial Day start? Here's a look at the origins of the holiday

General Order No. 11, issued in 1868, designated May 30 as a memorial day “for the purpose of strewing flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion ...”

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