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What is Memorial Day? The true meaning of why we celebrate the federal holiday
USA Today· 22 hours agoThe real meaning of the holiday is meant to honor all U.S. soldiers who have died serving their...
Memorial Day vs. Veterans Day: What we celebrate in May
FOX 10 Phoenix· 3 days agoMonday, Americans will commemorate Memorial Day, as custom every May. But the reason for the holiday...
The Union Colonel Who Showed Mercy on Confederate POWs During the Civil War - Our American Stories |...
iHeartRadio· 2 days agoOn this episode of Our American Stories, Boston’s Fort Warren housed Confederate POWs during the Civil War, but it was no Andersonville ...
The Overlooked Black History Of Memorial Day | iHeart
iHeartRadio· 1 day agoWhen the last Monday of May comes around, Americans fire up the grill, welcome the upcoming summer...
Learn about the Erie Civil War veterans who were the first soldiers' home residents
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoHome in 1891 and may have kept more temperate residents out of the local saloons and pool halls. "...
VOICES: For Memorial Day, remember those who bought and paid for our freedoms with sacrifice
Dayton Daily News· 1 day agoThere are American veteran cemeteries all over the United States, hallowed ground, the last resting...
Remember The ‘Heroes’ This Holiday
The Post-Journal· 11 hours agoThe original proclamation in 1868 was made by General John Logan, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. It would be known as “Decoration Day” and was meant to honor the union ...
Ridge Farm continues 'original' Memorial Day tradition
The Danville Commercial-News· 5 hours agoIt was declared a National Holiday to honor the Union War dead by Illinois’ John A. Logan, a Civil ...
NC group file lawsuit to have Confederate monument with inscription 'faithful slaves' removed
WTVD-TV 11 Raleigh-Durham· 21 hours agoPeople who live in a small county in North Carolina have filed a federal lawsuit to have a ...
Bridges: The origins of Memorial Day as we know it
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThough it was recognized... 1971, as part of that act, Memorial Day has been observed on the last Monday in May as an official federal holiday. Today the...
