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What is Memorial Day? The true meaning of why we celebrate the federal holiday
USA Today· 1 day agoFor many Americans, Memorial Day is more than a long weekend and an unofficial start to the summer...
Decoration Day in Syracuse: The evolution of Memorial Day
The Post-Standard· 1 day agoAt half-past one on a sunny Sunday afternoon, May 30, 1869, the tolling of the bell in the old...
Beneath the Colors: Conserving Michigan’s Battle Flags
WILX 10 Lansing· 1 day agoIn the Civil War alone, around 500 men from Lansing fought. Oneof those men was a goods store clerk,...
Don’t Cede Historic American Symbols to Bad Actors
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoBut it’s not just unfair to assume a traditional patriotic symbol is being flown with some other secret intent; to...however noble or maligned their...
On this day in history, May 23, 1900, Sgt. William H. Carney receives Medal of Honor
Fox News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOn this day in history, Sgt. William Carney received the Congressional Medal of Honor — the first...
Learn about the Erie Civil War veterans who were the first soldiers' home residents
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 4 days ago"Geo. Blythe, an inmate of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, was before Alderman McMahon this...
Politics roiled a community. It worked to rebuild trust with trash and flowers.
The Christian Science Monitor· 2 days agoWhen the culture wars erupted in two small towns in the Pacific Northwest, citizens formed an...
'Ignore the polls. They're stupid.'
The Week· 5 days ago'Presidential polls are useless. Will Trump win? "Americans are political polling themselves to death," says Rex Huppke. Liberals are freaking out while ...
Memorial Day
The Herald-News· 17 hours agoMemorial Day is a United States federal holiday which is observed on the last Monday of May, and honors U.S. men and women who died while in military...
Civil War unit, often called Schuylkill Regiment, focus of presentation in Orwigsburg
Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa. via Yahoo News· 5 days agoORWIGSBURG — Civil War historian Ben Varner discussed the explosive history of the 48th Pennsylvania Regiment recently at the ...
