GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN MEMORIAL
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.
Location
Address:
LOGAN CIRCLE PARK-P STREET AND RHODE ISLAND AVENUE
City:
WASHINGTON
State:
District Of Columbia
Zip Code:
20006
Details
Memorial Type:
Equestrian Memorials
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
1901
Photograph By:
RICHARD E. MILLER
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