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Show I 22 May 24. 2001 Honors once intended for Civil War dead now extended to ail lovedTones hi- i I communities nationwide lay claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day, though is the official site. Waterloo. N.Y. only one on behalf of Pres. Johnson In May Lyndon and Milledgeville, Ga.; New Orleans, La.; Columbus. Jackson and Vicksburg, Miss.; Raleigh, N.C.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Charleston, S.C.; Fredericksburg, Portsmouth and Warrenton, Va.; and, Washington, -- Another town, Boalsburg, Pa., declares itself as "An American Village Birthplace of Memorial Day." In October 1864, Emma Twenty-fou- r l6. the U.S. government sanctioned Waterloo as the official" birthplace of Memorial Day because that community's earliest observance 100 years earlier in 1mo was considered so well planned and corn-pit to. Henry C. Welles, a Waterloo druggist, sugthe patriotic dead of the Civil War should that gested with honored grave decorations. He mentioned this again in spring 1866 to Gen. John B. Murray, Seneca County Clerk. Murray embraced the idea and formed a committee to plan the observance. Townspeople made wreaths, crosses and bouquets for each veteran's grave and Waterloo was decorated and draped with evergreen with flags at half-staf- f black streamers. and mourning boughs On May 5, 1866, civic societies joined the procession to the three existing cemeteries and were led by veterans marching to martial music. At each cemetery there were impressive and lengthy services including speeches by Murray and a local clergyman. The ceremonies were repeated on May 5, 1867. A year later, Gen. John A. Logan, first commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued General . Order No. 11, officially recognizing "Decoration Day" and setting the date as May 30. In May 1966, just in time for the Centennial, Waterloo was recognized as the "Birthplace of Memorial In 1665, DC. Hunter and her friend, FIT FOR j statue commemorating the meeting of the three women in the cemetery was dedicated on Memorial Day, 2000 The custom became an annual event in Boalsburg. and one by one the neigh- boring communitiesadopted a gathered garden flowers to place on the grave of her father, Dr. Reuben Hunter, a Union Army Day. Later the program was broadened to honor those who fought for the Co nfederacy, and eventually all American conflicts from the' -i v' surgeon, who died only a short while Mrs. Meyer f acKnowieage me aay. int. i i uv. a vi mix auuui separate days until after. World War I (when the holK day changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war). It is now celebrated in almost every State on the last Monday in May, though several southern states have an additional, separate 1 day for honoring the Confederate war dead. 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Stop losing your hearing has changed, you think no one has noticed, W I V If you think your WEATHER Weber-782-975- Revolutionary War to World War II. l ne boutn retused to while before; If Davis-444-97- Ceremonies at first honored only those who'had served the Union Army. In 1882, the name was - changed to Memorial tery. Emma had you're probably right. UTAH'S similar plan of observing "Decoration Day each spring. " was there to decorate the grave of her son Amos, who died as a private on the last day of battle at Get tysburg. The story goes that before the women left each other that Day" by the U.S. Government. Memorial Day is commemorated yearly in WaterSunday, they had agreed to meet again loo with a parade, speeches and solemn observances on the same day the following year in order to honor to keep the meaning of the holiday as it was origi- all the war dead. During the months that followed, the women discussed their plan with friends and nally intended to be. the appointed Other communities throughout the United States neighbors so that on Jury 4, 1865 that also lay claim to starting Memorial Day include day what had been planned as an informal meetMobile and Montgomery, Ala.; Camden, Ark.; Atlanta ing of two women turned into a community service. A PERFECT All Boalsburg was gathered, and ever grate in the cemetery wa3 decorated with flowers and flags. 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