Memorial Day’s origins and the unlikely story of 3 Idaho inmates who joined the army after WWI

IDAHO FALLS – General John Logan had decades of military experience when he gave the order that set the stage for the creation of Memorial Day. It was May 30, 1868, more than three years after the end of the Civil War, when General Order 11 created a day of remembrance for those “who died […]
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