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    Princeton professor Uwe E. Reinhardt writes about why he visits the overseas graves of U.S. warriors: On Memorial Day or any other day, the cemeteries for those Americans who fell in battle offer profound lessons.

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    Memorial Day, initially referred to as Decoration Day, was observed by many communities after the Civil War, when the nation suffered more than 620,000 military deaths, roughly 2 percent of the total population at the time. John A. Logan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of Republic, chose May 30, 1868, as a day to decorate the graves of Union troops across the nation. From this…

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    What is the Memorial Day and why do we celebrate it? Learn everything you need to know about Memorial Day.

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    Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers’ graves in 1865

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    • "...a commemoration organized by freed slaves and some white missionaries took place on May 1, 1865, in Charleston, S.C., at a former planters’ racetrack where Confederates held captured Union soldiers during the last year of the war." 2/x https://t.co/iz2xF8wWPt

    • 🇺🇸The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day: "Nowadays, #MemorialDay honors veterans of all wars, but its roots are in America’s deadliest conflict, the Civil War. Approximately 620,000 soldiers died, about two-thirds from disease." 1/x https://t.co/iz2xF8wWPt