There is no class this weekend. Please have a safe Memorial Day weekend, I hope you will be able to spend some time with family, friends and loved ones.
Here is a history of Memorial Day that I found very interesting and wanted to share:
Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observed on May 30. It is believed that date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country. To continue reading…
Thank you Klo. Great article!