Memorial day - Memorial day founder

Time: 1863

Place: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Details: The 1863 cemetery dedication at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania included a ceremony of commemoration at the graves of dead soldiers. Some have therefore claimed that President Abraham Lincoln was the founder of Memorial Day. However, Chicago journalist Lloyd Lewis tried to make the case that it was Lincoln's funeral that spurred the soldiers' grave decorating that followed.

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Alfred Nobel-First Swedish patent

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Abraham Lincoln-Effective Emancipation Proclamation

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Thursday Jan 1, 1863 - U.S.