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eral Logan, who found in it tne inspir
ation for his famous order.
A third story told of the origin of the
day throws back the date of 1863, and
whether by chance or design, to April
13, the anniversary of the fall of Fort
Sumpter. On that day it is declared,
the two little daughters of Chaplain
May, of the Second Michigan Infantry,
then in camp near --ount Vernon,
were gathering wild flowers, when in
the course of their wanderings they
came suddenly upon one of those rude
and unmarked graves, whicn even in
those early days of the great struggle
were beginning' m appear a..out Wash
ington. Josephine, the elder of the
two, at once suggested that they use
their blossoms to cover the bare
earth, and while little Ella, aged eight,
pulled out the weeds that had begun
to push up to the light through the
fresh mould, violets and dandelions
and daisies were laid here and there
in grateful profusion.
Happy over their work, the children
planned an excursion for the next day,
when more flowers were to be found
and more graves decorated, and that
evening they told their mother of it.
Mrs. May, moved by the significance
of the act, as perhaps only a woman
could have been moved, even then
living in the very heart of the horror
and suffering of war, joined them in
their mission, a Mrs. Evans, a Red
Cross nurse, forming a fourth, and
within the week this little band had
marked all the graves in walking dis
tance of the camp.
When the next spring came round
they repeated the custom begun at
Mount Vernon, and so with each of
the years which followed. And
always they were noticed, always did
others join in their labor of love, and
going out into the world, spread the
observance further, till at last, —so
runs this version of the custom’s
growth,— it had found followers all
over the country, General Logan’s or
der merely giving official sanction
to the observance.
But the “Decoration Day” of the
northern states —May 30th —is not the
day which is honored by the majority
of the commonwealths which lie to
the south of the old Mason and Dixon’s
line. In Alabama and Florida and
Georgia the earlier spring, with its
earlier buds and blossoms, has caused
the setting of April 26th for this cer
emony of reminiscence and patriotism.
In Tennesssee it falls on May Bth and
in the Carolinas two days later. On
one date or another, however, every
state in the now indivisible Union, re
calls the men who fell during “the
great debate.”
Very recent years have added a new
feature to Memorial Day —the honor
ing of the sailor dead, whose far-scat
tered graves must for all time, re
main unmarked. In 1900, at the sug
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