In New York City the following year, military regiments and officials massed at Union Square and proceeded to Cypress Hills Cemetery to mark the first local observance of Decoration Day. The first large observance was held that year at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. The first “Decoration Day” was proclaimed by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, on and was observed later that month on May 30. Memorial Day, once known as “Decoration Day,” has been celebrated nationally on the last Monday in May since an act of Congress in 1971, though it has its origins in the post–Civil War era.
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