Native Americans Tag

29 May

Posted at 18:19h in Newsletter

Memorial Day, initially referred to as Decoration Day, was observed by many communities after the Civil War, when the nation suffered more than 620,000 military deaths, roughly 2 percent of the total population at the time. John A. Logan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of Republic, chose May 30, 1868, to be the day to decorate the graves of Union troops across the nation. From this beginning, Memorial Day is now designated as an annual day of remembrance to honor all those who have died in service to the United States during peace and war. Veterans Day, November 11,...

04 Oct

Posted at 20:29h in Newsletter

Do not wait for your family's stories to disappear! Click on the red button below, reach out to Dancestors Genealogy @ 214-914-3598, or and let us preserve your legacy.   The President was sick with the deadly Spanish Flu. The news was kept secret. When President Woodrow Wilson got the Spanish Flu while in Europe for peace talks, did his illness and its impact affect his fortitude and pave the way for World War II? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-happened-when-woodrow-wilson-came-down-1918-flu-180975972/ Did people marry their 1st cousins? This article was from 1901, but earlier, yes, close family marriages did occur. Why? There were several reasons. Families tended to move west...

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