Question

Memorial day was created to honor fallen soldiers of.

Answer 1

it for the people who served in the civil war.

The first time it was celebrated was May 1, 1865

also if your wandering how Did the civil war start.

The Civil War officially began when the Confederate States of America fired on the Fort Sumter, South Carolina in April 1861. The Confederacy was formed from slaveholding states that had seceded from the United States following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

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Answer 2

It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868 to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former Union sailors and soldiers. During that first national commemoration, former Union Gen.