Locality
Waterloo
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Lee/Linda
June 7, 2021
A Village in Seneca County, NY named after the Waterloo in Belgium, where Napoleon was defeated. In 1966 the governor of NY proclaimed the village of Waterloo as the "birthplace of Memorial Day".
Sue
October 17, 2017
On a spring day in 1865, Waterloo, NY druggist Henry C. Welles watched as a lone widow walked to the cemetery to place flowers on the grave of her deceased Civil War soldier husband. How soon they forget, Welles thought, resolving to do something to make sure that those who gave their lives in defense of their country would not be forgotten. Working with Gen. John B. Murray, Welles planned the first Memorial Day in Waterloo in 1866, and for 150 consecutive years, Waterloo’s citizens have remembered. With parades, prayers and ceremonies. On May 26, 1966, that consistency inspired President Lyndon Johnson to sign a Presidential Proclamation recognizing Waterloo as birth place of Memorial Day
On a spring day in 1865, Waterloo, NY druggist Henry C. Welles watched as a lone widow walked to the cemetery to place flowers on the grave of her deceased Civil War soldier husband. How soon they forget, Welles thought, resolving to do something to make sure that those who gave their lives in defe…
Mary J.
May 26, 2015
Birthplace of Memorial Day!
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Waterloo, New York 13165