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From history to controversy: 5 things to know about Memorial Day
Military Times via Yahoo News· 31 minutes agoThe day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to...
Arguably the first great war movie is free to watch this Memorial Day Weekend
What To Watch via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIt is also a part of the Library of Congress' National Film Registry for preservation. There are...
The forgotten history of Memorial Day
Indiana Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoIn the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the...
On this Memorial Day, a civic prayer for the living and the dead
Washington State Standard via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoThis article was first published by the Kansas Reflector. By the Sunday before Memorial Day my...
Environmental advocate Aaron Mair’s papers acquired by the Library of Congress
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 3 days agoThe records from the current director of the Adirondack Council’s Forever Adirondacks Campaign will be added to a new environmental justice manuscript collection at the Library</ ...
Flaws in Jones’ book on Iowa’s water quality
The Gazette· 3 hours agoChris Jones’ book, “The Swine Republic,” has done a great job of bringing attention to the crisis of Iowa’s water …
Yes, Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day
KTHV Little Rock· 3 days agoMemorial Day, observed the last Monday in May each year, is a holiday that pays tribute to American...
teddy bear cartoon
The Advocate· 6 days agoThe Library of Congress' photographic reproduction of Clifford Kennedy Berryman's political cartoon in the Washington Post satirizing ...
10 Surprising Facts About Memorial Day
Time via AOL· 20 hours agoSchoolchildren gather masses of daisies for Memorial Day, formerly called Decoration Day. Frances Benjamin Johnston/Library of Congress
Honoring the nation’s fallen servicemen is true meaning of holiday | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 16 hours agoSince 1971, Americans have observed Memorial Day as a legal federal holiday occurring on the last...
