第一个正式的阵亡将士纪念日 (Memorial Day) ：1868年5月30日

你有没有庆祝阵亡将士纪念日呢？在1868年时，美国陆军总司令约翰．罗根 (John A. Logan) 正式颁布第11号将军令，订定每年的5月11日为阵亡将士纪念日。他说在这天时，人们「要把花束或其他装饰品摆放在那些在叛乱、战争中为了防御国家而牺牲的军人坟墓上，现在每个城市的墓园里，都有这些士兵的坟墓。」你知道第一个阵亡将士纪念日的纪念仪式是在哪里举行的吗？


Do you celebrate Memorial Day? In 1868, Commander in Chief John A. Logan of the grand Army of the Republic issued what was called General Order Number 11, designating May 30 as a memorial day. He declared it to be "for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land." Where do you suppose that first Memorial Day took place?

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