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We Remember, We Celebrate, We Honor
The Post-Journal· 1 day agoThe words of this brief oration are those made by President Abraham Lincoln, and were delivered on November 19, 1863, at the National Cemetery at Gettysburg ...
Commentary: Remembering Memorial Day's true origins
GBH News· 9 hours agoThe procession ended at the local cemetery with a program of speeches, Bible readings, and patriotic songs, including the “Star-Spangled Banner.” It was...
Opinion: Finding meaning and hope on Memorial Day
Hartford Courant· 1 day agoLike many Americans, I put far too little thought into the meaning of Memorial Day. Amid alarming assaults on our democratic traditions and values,...
Opinion: Gettysburg Address offers special significance for Memorial Day
San Jose Mercury News· 2 days agoSmall flags line rows and rows of headstones of 14,000 veterans with names that connect the living...
On Memorial Day, pay tribute to the fallen
Santa Fe New Mexican· 3 days agoMemorial Day, in contrast to November’s Veterans Day, is set aside to honor men and women who died in service to their country. This day is for the...
Two contrasting congressional days
The Escanaba Daily Press· 5 days agoLast Friday in Washington there was evidence of why only 16 percent of the public approve of the job Congress is doing, according to a Gallup poll. During a House Oversight Committee hearing ...
Why Republicans Want and Need a Permanent Economic Underclass
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBuckley Jr., when the 1960s hit and the civil rights movement was roiling America’s cities, women...
How a ‘border ruffian’ who supported slavery got a monument honoring him in a KC park
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA reader asked about the history behind a memorial to Charles Carroll Spalding in Penn Valley Park....
Author Doris Kearns Goodwin coming to Saratoga on June 2
Albany Times Union· 3 days agoOf all the award-winning books presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has written over the past...
AP News Summary at 10:58 a.m. EDT
Washington Times-Herald· 23 hours agoPowerful storms have left at least nine people dead in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas and a trail of destruction. Tens of thousands of people remained without power Sunday after destructive winds ...
