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13 hours ago · For the visitor, the memorial becomes “an opened book,” a place where “A word loses its ability to conjure / trapped inside a black mirror.” The words are “names,” which “could be lines / of poems or a grocery list. / They could be just lines.” But they are not “just lines.”
13 hours ago · After the war, local tributes to war dead became common in both the north and the south, and soon became regular springtime events. From 1868 to 1970, Memorial Day was May 30; in 1971, it became a federal holiday, observed on the last Monday in May. While the Civil War shaped our concept of the modern funeral, its grim aftermath — with nearly ...
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13 hours ago · To all of our armed forces men and women, we say thank you for your service. As we pause this Monday to remember all those who have given their lives for their country, here are six poems that meditate on war and remembrance. (Click on the title for the full text of the poem.) “Memorial Day for the War Dead” by Yehudi Amichai Memorial day ...
5 days ago · A decade and a half before Memorial Day became a federal holiday in 1971, Billy Graham was in Boston to deliver a memorial address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The year was 1955, and he had just finished visiting many U.S. military installations in Europe. Below is an excerpt from our archives of his timeless message, which still rings true ...
13 hours ago · By. Dear Annie, Annie Lane. Dear Readers: Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States ...
13 hours ago · After the war, local tributes to war dead became common in both the north and the south, and soon became regular springtime events. From 1868 to 1970, Memorial Day was May 30; in 1971, it became a federal holiday, observed on the last Monday in May. While the Civil War shaped our concept of the modern funeral, its grim aftermath — with nearly ...
13 hours ago · The words stick in my aching throat I cannot make you know How it felt for your dear boy To through the mine fields go. Can’t tell you when the snipers took My buddy, so damn near His shoulder brushed me as he fell I shit myself from fear. There isn’t any way to say The misery I saw The misery I helped to make Defender of the law. By using ...
