威尼斯人娱乐场 Commemorates Memorial Day with Video and Programs Nationwide
Press Release 路 Monday, May 18, 2015
Washington, DC
To commemorate Memorial Day, the 威尼斯人娱乐场 today released a and will hold programs at Presidential Libraries nationwide.
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Timed to the 150th anniversary of President Lincoln鈥檚 death and the upcoming sesquicentennial of the 1866 founding of the Grand Army of the Republic (the fraternal organization of Union Civil War veterans), the 威尼斯人娱乐场 today released 鈥溾��. The video features Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero and 威尼斯人娱乐场 legislative archivist Rodney Ross.
Rodney Ross shows the importance of 威尼斯人娱乐场 records to everyday Americans through the prism of a single 威尼斯人娱乐场 document鈥揳 page from the muster roll of a Civil War soldier from Ross鈥檚 own hometown of Batavia, Illinois. This soldier, Union Private Oscar F. Cooley, was killed during the Vicksburg siege on June 8, 1863. Ross recounts his Memorial Day memories as a child growing up in Batavia, and shares an image of a statue from Batavia's West Side Cemetery inscribed with the names of Batavians, primarily those with the 124th Illinois Volunteer Regiment, who fought for the Union in the Civil War.
Ross speaks at the Grand Army of the Republic Monument on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC鈥搄ust across the street from the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Building. This monument honors the sacrifice of Union soldiers who fought and died to keep the United States of America 鈥渁 free and undivided republic.鈥� He explains the origin of Memorial Day, the holiday originally called 鈥淒ecoration Day.鈥� The holiday was officially proclaimed on May 5, 1868, by General John Logan, himself a Civil War Union veteran, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11. 鈥淭he 30th of May, 1868, is designated 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,鈥� he proclaimed. Logan added: 鈥淭heir soldier lives were the reveille of freedom to a race in chains and their deaths a tattoo of rebellion tyranny in arms.鈥� No longer an 鈥渦nknown鈥� soldier, in this video, Ross honors fellow Batavian Private Cooley and his supreme sacrifice.
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Memorial Day Programs at Presidential Libraries Nationwide
, West Branch, IA
Monday, May 25 at 2 p.m., front lawn
The Eastern Iowa Brass Band will perform a free concert on the front lawn. Related temporary exhibit: 鈥淭he Making of the Great Humanitarian: Herbert Hoover and World War I.鈥� Learn how the war dramatically altered the life of Herbert Hoover from successful mining engineer to 鈥淭he Great Humanitarian.鈥� The exhibit includes a recreated war trench that visitors can walk through.
(FDR Library), Hyde Park, NY
Friday, May 22, 7-9 p.m., Henry A. Wallace Center
The FDR Library kicks off its Memorial Day weekend programming with its 12th annual USO Show. This year's family-friendly show features entertainment including live Big Band music from the 1930s and 40s, comedy and juggling, historic newsreels, and more. This event is free and open to the public.
Saturday, May 23, and Sunday, May 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., front lawn
The FDR Library presents historic military displays and a World War II encampment on the Library's front lawn. The New York Army National Guard and re-enactors in battle dress will share their love of history with military enthusiasts, families, teachers, and students. Collections of military uniforms, weapons, period military vehicles, and insignia from 1917 to the present will be displayed. This display is free and open to the public.
, Independence, MO
Admission charges for all veterans & active military members are waived from VE Day (May 8) through VJ Day (August 15).
Abilene, KS
Monday, May 25, 10:30 鈥� 11 a.m., the Pylons
The Abilene VFW and American Legion chapters will conduct an annual ceremony. Free admission year-round for active duty military.
, Boston, MA
Saturday, May 23, and Sunday, May 24鈥揻ree trolley service from the Copley Square Bus Shelter in downtown Boston to Columbia Point and the JFK Library.
Monday, May 25 at 11:10 am and 1:10 pm.鈥揗useum highlight tours will include President Kennedy鈥檚 wartime service.
Monday, May 25 at 1:30 p.m.鈥撯�淩ace for Space鈥� program
Free admission to active military members with ID; reduced admission for veterans.
, Yorba Linda, CA
Monday, May 25 鈥� free admission all day
11 a.m. - Wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial sites of President and Mrs. Nixon.
1 p.m. - Memorial Day program with remarks by U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General Daniel Yoo, Deputy Commanding General, 1st Marine Division; patriotic musical program by the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Band; and, a formal 21-Gun Salute and Presentation of the Colors by U.S. Marines.
3:30 p.m. 鈥� Musical performance by the 90-member Placentia Symphonic Band in the East Room.
, Atlanta, GA
The Carter Library will be starting the annual Blue Star Museum program on Memorial Day with free admission to active duty military and their families through Labor Day.
Related Online Exhibition: Discovering the Civil War
In 2010, the 威尼斯人娱乐场 peeled back 150 years of accumulated analysis, interpretation, and opinion to reveal a Civil War that was little-known and even more rarely displayed. The groundbreaking exhibition presented the most extensive display ever assembled from the incomparable Civil War holdings of the 威尼斯人娱乐场, and took a fresh look at the Civil War through little-known stories, seldom-seen documents, and unusual perspectives.
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