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11. Actually Wiki pretty well laid out info that the south, then the north, then Pres. Johnson all

Mon May 30, 2016, 07:03 PM

May 2016

made havoc with the Memorial Day holiday.

Nearly every concerned and conceivable political group wanted to claim it as theirs.

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We Did It, They Hid It: How Memorial Day Was Stripped Of Its African American Roots [View all] KamaAina May 2016 OP

Excellent post! raging moderate May 2016 #1

I don't know who would vote to "hide it" Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #2

I dd not know this.... nt vkkv May 2016 #3

Thanks for posting.. mountain grammy May 2016 #4

K&R felix_numinous May 2016 #5

Wiki.. why not.. worked this time. vkkv May 2016 #6

It's convoluted because it's convoluted. Igel May 2016 #12

Whatever you say. I'll take a pass on bickering with you about it. n/t 99th_Monkey May 2016 #16

I would like a link to heaven05 May 2016 #17

This is awesome, really. Good to know, and I agree 99th_Monkey May 2016 #7

"without a critical reflection on the wars themselves" Martin Eden May 2016 #8

Interesting. However, sulphurdunn May 2016 #10

My parents always called it "Decoration Day" BumRushDaShow May 2016 #13

I knew this only because my "daughter" is a teacher and ... Silver_Witch May 2016 #14

Great post malaise May 2016 #15

Thanks for this info! nt valerief May 2016 #18

Thank you. blackspade May 2016 #19

K&R awoke_in_2003 May 2016 #20

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #21

http://www.snopes.com/military/memorialday.asp Maeve May 2016 #22

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