Monday marks the 141st observance of Memorial Day in these United States of America. This national day of remembrance was first held in 1868 when veterans of the Civil War designated one day in May to honor "the memory of the heroic dead."
GUEST COLUMN: The valor of patriots remembered on Memorial Day
Monday, May 25, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT;
updated 11:05 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, May 4, 2010
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