How Memorial Day has evolved from its Civil War origins. ... then-President Grover Cleveland was said to have spent the holiday going fishing — and “people were appalled,” Matthew Dennis, ...

The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865.

Memorial Day began after the Civil War to honor fallen soldiers but has evolved into a summer ... then-President Grover Cleveland was said to have spent the holiday going fishing — and ...

The holiday’s origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members — both Union and Confederate — between 1861 and 1865. The first national observance of ...

The holiday's origins can be traced to the American Civil War, which killed more than 600,000 service members - both Union and Confederate - between 1861 and 1865.

Grover Cleveland, 22nd president of the U.S., is seen in an undated photo of a painting. ... pushing for a reduction of tariffs that were put in place during the Civil War.

Grover Cleveland, 22nd president of the U.S., is seen in an undated photo of a painting. ... pushing for a reduction of tariffs that were put in place during the Civil War.

As Klinghard observes, Cleveland’s rise to power was meteoric.Given the Democrats’ continuous losses following the Civil War, Cleveland was seen by Democrats as their party’s savior, having ...

Neither Trump or Cleveland served in the military. Cleveland was exempted during the civil war because two older brothers were already serving, and he was the sole support for their widowed mother.

Cleveland served during a period of transition in our history. The three previously elected presidents were Civil War generals. We Americans do like our war heroes. But the times, they were a ...

Trump joined Grover Cleveland as the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms in office. ... Cleveland was born in 1837 in New Jersey, making him of military age during the Civil War.