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GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN MEMORIAL

GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN MEMORIAL
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Location: LOGAN CIRCLE PARK-P STREET AND RHODE ISLAND AVENUE

City: WASHINGTON

State: District of Columbia

Zip Code: 20006

Type of Memorial: Equestrian Memorials

Year Dedicated: 1901

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: RICHARD E. MILLER

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN THE FATHER OF MEMORIAL DAY. OF MEMORIAL DAY HE SAID “WE SHOULD GUARD THEIR GRAVES WITH SACRED VIGILANCE. ALL THAT THE CONSECRATED WEALTH AND TASTE OF THE NATION CAN ADD TO THEIR ADORNMENT AND SECURITY IS BUT A FITTING TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF HER SLAIN DEFENDERS.” AS COMMANDER OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, A UNION VETERANS ORGANIZATION, LOGAN ISSUED GENERAL ORDER NO. 11 IN 1868, ESTABLISHING MAY 30TH AS DECORATION DAY. AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR, DECORATION DAY EVOLVED INTO MEMORIAL DAY TO HONOR EVERY AMERICAN WHO DIED IN WARTIME SERVICE.


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