Name: Every Saturday An Illustrated Weekly Journal

Barcode: 58897

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Brief Description:  Every Saturday was an American literary magazine published from 1866 to 1874 in Boston, Massachusetts. It was edited by Thomas Bailey Aldrich and published by Ticknor & Fields. This issue was published by James R. Osgood & Company. The magazine featured works by Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Winslow Homer and others. Woodblock illustrations feature Decoration Day, May 30th, 1871 with a group of mourners gathered at a gravesite. The issue also features a reunion of the Army of the Potomac at the Globe Theater in Boston on May 12th, 1871. Volume II Whole No. 75, Saturday, June 3, 1871.

Publishing Location: Boston

Publisher: James R. Osgood and Company

Date Published: Jun 3rd, 1871

Language: English

Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm

Historical Context: Decoration Day was established by the GAR - the Grand Army of the Republic as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Union General Major General John A. Logan set the date for the ceremony for May 30th.

LC Call Number: AP2.A2 1871 O8

OCLC: 1458054797