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Confederate Memorial Day Historical Marker
- Confederate Memorial Day State
Historical Marker
- Located at intersection of 2nd Ave. and 11th in Columbus,
Ga.
(Text)
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL
DAY
The first Confederate Memorial
Day service in Columbus was held on this site (St. Luke Methodist
Church) on April 26, 1866. The program was under the auspices
of the ladies' Memorial Association, which was organized in the
early Spring of 1866 for the purpose of holding a Memorial service
each year honoring the Confederate dead.
April 26, anniversary of the surrender
of General Joseph E. Johnston, was selected as a suitable date
for Memorial Day. The Secretary of the Ladies' Memorial Association
of Columbus wrote to the Southern press proposing that the entire
South join in the custom of the annual Confederate Memorial Day
and suggesting April 26 as the date. The custom was inaugurated
throughout the South and the date suggested was adopted. Since
then, Confederate Memorial Services have been held in Columbus
annually on that date.
106-15 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1954
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