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Memorial Day
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A tribute to Memorial Day and the American veteran from the American Revolution to modern times.
http://home.ptd.net/~nikki/memorial.htm
Explores the Civil War-era origins of the holiday as well as little-known facts about America's wars. From the History Channel.
http://www.historychannel.com/memorialday/
Offers the history of this celebrated day and information on U.S. War Memorials.
http://www.usmemorialday.org/
Gives information on how this holiday first came to be.
http://www.patriotism.org/memorial_day/index.html
Offers history and poetry for the holiday.
http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/jimerson/memorial.htm
Read about the Civil War-era origins of the holiday, as well as little-known facts about America's wars.
http://www.historychannel.com/cg.../exhibits/memorial/memorial.html
Explores how this holiday began and explains how it is celebrated today.
http://stockholm.usembassy.gov/Holidays/celebrate/memorial.html