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Memorial Day in America: Fun or Remembrance?

Hosted by Warren Olney May. 28, 2012 National
Memorial Day is a holiday dedicated to America’s war dead, but which is spent in very different ways in different cities, towns, neighborhoods and by different individuals.

Memorial Day is a holiday dedicated to America’s war dead, but which is spent in very different ways in different cities, towns, neighborhoods and by different individuals. Also, the dispute over the design of the Eisenhower Memorial.

Note: This story was informed in part from sources in the Public Insight Network, to find out more see our website www.KCRW.com/insight.

Banner image: Memorial Day commemoration, 2008. Photo by David Yu/flickr

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