โThe Reveille of Freedomโ: Decoration Day in the Age of Reconstruction
913 West St, Beaufort, SC 29902-4664, United StatesโTheir soldier lives were the reveille of freedom to a race in chains, and their deaths the tattoo of rebellious tyranny in arms.โ โ General John Logan, 1868 When US General John Logan issued orders in 1868 formalizing the establishment of Decoration Day in 1868, he tapped into an existing movement of mourning. Throughout the […]