Remember Memorial Day©

 

 

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Today, Memorial Day is a federally recognized three day weekend, often filled with picnics, outings and furniture/appliance sales. 

 

Originally it conceived as a day to remember the sacrifices of the Union soldiers who had died during the American Civil War, by its founder General John A. Logan, in a proclamation on May 30, 1868.  Later the day was expanded to officially honor all American service members who had died in any war.

 

Officially, it is supposed to be a solemn day of remembrance of those had died in service to our country, and in fact, it was once known as ‘Decoration Day’, the day to decorate and clean the graves of soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen who had fallen.  Unofficially it has morphed into a day to remember those who served, and who are no longer with us.

 

Yesterday, I listened to Jim Verdi, a fill in host on the Vince Coglianese radio show, talk about the sacrifice of those who had fallen in service to our great nation and how the best way to honor them, besides cleaning and decorating their graves, is to remember them by enjoying American things, things like time with family, picnics, time with friends; things that they died to protect.  So I hope you have a great weekend, I hope you have fun, but I also hope you remember Memorial Day.

 

As part of that remembering of Memorial Day, I am remembering one of my ancestors, the first in my family to serve our nation.  My sixth-great-Grandfather, 2^nd Lieutenant Daniel Ogden, Jr., who served first as a private in Captain John Winn's Company of Tryon County Rangers, 1776, then in 5th Tryon County Militia, Harpers Regiment, as a Second Lieutenant, 1777.

 

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