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As a child, the day heralded the approach of summer and the end of school. It was a day where we had neighborhood picnics and went to a parade [...]
May 31, 2021
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“I can’t claim to know the words of all the national anthems in the world, but I don’t know of any other that ends with a [...]
May 25, 2020
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He never wanted to talk about what it had been like. Dad would tell us stories of the men he grew to love. But stories of the war? No so much. [...]
May 27, 2019
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When asked by a Life magazine photojournalist what he most wished for, an American soldier in the Korean War responded with: “Give me [...]
May 28, 2018
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When I was a child, I thought I knew the significance of Memorial Day. Honoring dead people. Because Mom was a first-generation American, [...]
May 30, 2016
