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What is Memorial Day? The true meaning of why we celebrate the federal holiday
USA Today· 2 days agoFor many Americans, Memorial Day is more than a long weekend and an unofficial start to the summer...
Bangor’s war memorials can teach us about those who died in the line of duty
Bangor Daily News· 10 hours agoHope Cemetery, including many who died in combat, such as Maj. Stephen Decatur Carpenter, a Bangor...
Decoration Day in Syracuse: The evolution of Memorial Day
The Post-Standard· 2 days agoThe national observance of Decoration Day - which became known as Memorial Day afterAmerica’s...
Don’t Cede Historic American Symbols to Bad Actors
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIn the office where I write this hangs a large version of the Gadsden flag—the contemporary “No ...
Learn about the Civil War veterans who were the first Erie soldiers' home residents
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 5 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· 3 days agoWhen the culture wars erupted in two small towns in the Pacific Northwest, citizens formed an...
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...
Beneath the Colors: Conserving Michigan’s Battle Flags
WILX 10 Lansing· 2 days agoOne of those men was a goods store clerk, the son of an outspoken abolitionist who joined the Third...
Letters to the Editor: Liberals are everywhere
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoWe applaud budget measures sponsored by State Representative Lisa Hernandez and State Senator Doris Turner providing a modest $6 million to help unpaid...
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 ...