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USS Texas “Memorial Day” [Cover]Description
Posted aboard USS Texas on May 30, 1932 to celebrate Memorial Day. Embossed with the official USS Texas seal.
Black cachet of the Texas Lone Star with oak leaves. Written in the circle, "Memoria-In-Aeterna / U.S.S. Texas." Written above stars “19” & “32”. Recognized “MEMORIAL DAY / LONG BEACH inserted between the killer bars. Signed on the top left corner by John C. Kane, the Navy Mail Clerk and on the bottom by E.O. Tauer, the cachet designer. Mailed to the residence of the cachet maker.Context
Originally called Decoration Day, from the early tradition of decorating graves with flowers, wreaths and flags, Memorial Day is a day for remembrance of those who have died in service to our country. It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868 to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former Union sailors and soldiers.