The multiple mass shootings that have happened across our nation in the last weeks have left us deeply grieved by the senseless crimes perpetrated by these young men.
As we celebrate this Independence Day weekend, let us take some time to reflect on our great nation. Today we are two hundred forty-three years from July 4, 1776, the signing of the Declaration of Independence…
One hundred fifty-one years ago, on May 5th, 1868, General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued General Order No. 11 stating “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country….”