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Illinois soldier laid to rest 74 years after Korean War death
Fox local via AOL· 8 hours agoWar. His remains were only identified in February 2024 after being exhumed from the Punchbowl Cemetery in Hawaii in March 2019. On Wednesday, Myers was buried at Abraham & ...
On this day in history, May 29, 1851, Sojourner Truth delivers famed 'Ain’t I a Woman' speech
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAfrican American abolitionist and women's right advocate Sojourner Truth delivered her famous "Ain't...
De Niro Claims Government ‘Of the People’ Will ‘Perish From the Earth’ if Trump Is Elected Again
IJR· 2 days agoAs Democrats are apparently starting to “freakout” over the chance that President Joe Biden will...
We Remember, We Celebrate, We Honor
The Post-Journal· 4 days agoPresident Lincoln’s message lasted two minutes.), but these few words have been remembered these 161 years after being first spoken. In two days, we’ll ...
Memorial Day ceremony at Wood National Cemetery; 'These Hallowed Grounds'
AOL· 3 days agoRobert Allen, Milwaukee VA Chaplain. "We stand quietly by their graves and we consider their sacrifices they so nobly offered on behalf of a free and grateful nation," said Quincy McCall, < ...
Opinion: Lincoln's role in the origins of Memorial Day
Stamford Advocate· 3 days agoAt the Battle of Gettysburg in early July 1863, about 150,000 Americans spent three days on farmland...
What advice might old Abe offer today’s candidates?
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLincoln. I was just now wondering how much Donald Trump really knows about old Abe. And as an equal opportunity writer, I, too, wonder just how much...
Fighting for country & freedom
ABC 2 Baltimore· 3 days agoA tribute to more than 1,100 Civil War troops buried in Loudon Park National Cemetery in Baltimore along with their contributions to a country slow to recognize them. “I’m glad to see these ...
New headstone at Jacksonville University bears name of Civil War vet born into slavery
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWilliam Johnson, who was almost certainly born a slave just north of Jacksonville, joined the Union...
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley on When Did The United States Begin Observing Memorial Day and What Is...
Sierra Sun Times· 3 days agoQ: When did the United States begin observing Memorial Day? A: Three years after the American Civil...
