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Logan Defenders Compete at Argonne National Laboratory Logan Defenders Invited to Prestigious Competition The John A. Logan College Cyber Security Team, the Logan Defenders, was recently notified that they have been accepted to compete in the Department of Energy Cyber Force Competition November 30 and December 1, at the Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, IL. […]

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Suggested Readings on General John A. Logan

Cottingham, Carl D., et al. Life and Times of General John A. Logan. Carbondale, IL. Kestrel Press, 1989. This booklet tells General Logan’s story in an historical time-line with many excellent pictures. It is still in print and available from American Resources Group in Carbondale, IL. Dawson, George Francis. The Life and Services of General […]

Logan’s Order Mandating Memorial Day

The following is the entire text of General Order No. 11, mandating the creation of the first Memorial Day, May 30, 1868: HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC General Orders No.11, WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 1868 I. The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating […]

1882 John A. Logan Speech

The following is a speech delivered by Senator John A. Logan on March 16, 1882. The speech is devoted to the great benefits a populace derives from education. The speech is in support of a bill Logan introduced in the Senate that required “the entire income derived from the internal-revenue taxes on the manufacture and […]

A Brief Biography of General John A. Logan

John A. Logan, the man after whom John A. Logan College is named, was born February 9, 1826, in what is now Murphysboro, Illinois. Raised in a home that was a center of political activity, he came to love politics at an early age. In 1840 his father, Dr. John Logan, sent him to Shiloh […]