Multiple choice

Who first called for a national day of remembrance for those who died during the Civil War?

  1. General John A. Logan

  2. Abraham Lincoln

  3. Andrew Johnson

  4. Ulysses S. Grant

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Explanation

General John A. Logan, the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued General Order No. 11 in 1868, which called for a national day of remembrance for the Civil War dead.