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Today in History: May 22, Lyndon B. Johnson outlines ‘Great Society’
The Mining Journal· 7 days agoToday is Wednesday, May 22, the 143rd day of 2024. On May 22, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking at the University of Michigan ...
10 Surprising Facts About Memorial Day
Time via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoFink. There is debate on where the “home” of Memorial Day is President Johnson named Waterloo, New York, as the birthplace of Memorial Day in 1966....
10 Memorial Day facts about the history of the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe name stemmed from the practice of decorating soldier’s graves to honor their memory. Waterloo,...
Can Medicare money protect doctors from abortion crimes? It worked before, desegregating hospitals
ABC 26 New Orleans· 6 days agoATLANTA (AP) — The Supreme Court’s pending Idaho abortion ruling may hinge on how federal spending...
Biden Cancels Billions More in Student Loan Debt
The Fiscal Times· 7 days agoOn this date 60 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson detailed his “Great Society” agenda in a commencement address at the University ...
Does Memorial Day have its origins in defeated Confederates?
New Hampshire Union Leader· 3 days agoIn July 1866, a New York newspaper reported on a “grand gathering” of Union veterans in Salem, Ill....
Memorial Day vs. Veterans Day: What we celebrate in May
FOX 10 Phoenix· 7 days agoMonday, Americans will commemorate Memorial Day, as custom every May. But the reason for the holiday...
Analysis | Inside Democrats’ political strategy on border security
Washington Post· 7 days agoIn today’s edition … Democrats confirm 200th Biden judge … Republican super PAC books millions in...
'Freedom is not free:' Vietnam War veteran remembers fallen soldiers on Memorial Day
WBRZ 2 Baton Rouge· 2 days agoAfter all this time, Sgt. Gil Lerma says he still remembers everything from the Vietnam War....
'A little terrifying': Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall recalled World War II service as B-24...
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMay 27—"And sometimes, sometimes a plane is hit and the fuel tanks are hit and it explodes and everybody's gone. You saw various instances of that. And, of course, that was part of the terror ...
