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Commentary: Remembering Memorial Day's true origins
GBH News· 6 hours agoOn that special day of remembrance, there was a parade of 3,000 school children carrying roses; women with baskets of flowers, wreaths, and crosses,...
NC group file lawsuit to have Confederate monument with inscription 'faithful slaves' removed
WTVD-TV 11 Raleigh-Durham· 3 days agoPeople who live in a small county in North Carolina have filed a federal lawsuit to have a ...
The Shenandoah County School Board’s Terrible History Lesson
Time Magazine· 6 days agoOn May 10, 2024, 161 years to the day after General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s last breath...
Honoring the nation’s fallen servicemen is true meaning of holiday | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 14 hours agoSince 1971, Americans have observed Memorial Day as a legal federal holiday occurring on the last...
Author Joe Gould | Navy Times
Navy Times· 6 hours agoJoe Gould was the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry....
Our View: Memorial Day belongs first to our war dead
North Platte Telegraph· 2 days agoThe Civil War had been over barely three years when Union Gen. John A. Logan called on all Northern veterans to observe “Decoration Day” in honor of all...
N.C. residents sue to remove monument dedicated to ‘our faithful slaves’
Washington Post· 3 days agoTyrrell County residents are pushing to remove a confederate monument that overlooks a North...
70 years after Brown, we’re fighting the same battles over again
The Hill· 7 days agoOne of these has been living right across the river from Virginia, which up until very recently had...
Today in History: May 26, Obama nominates Sotomayor to Supreme Court | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 1 day agoToday is Sunday, May 26, the 147th day of 2024. There are 219 days left in the year.
What is Memorial Day? The true meaning of why we celebrate the federal holiday
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe first observance of what would become Memorial Day, some historians think, took place in Charleston, South Carolina at the site of a horse racing track that Confederates