Tuesday 29 May 2012
Nation honors war heroes on Memorial Day
Approximately 220000 American flags will be placed on every headstone in the cemetery before Memorial Day.The first official Memorial Day is thought to have been observed May 30, 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. Memorial Day is now celebrated in almost every state on the lastThe first official Memorial Day is thought to have been observed May 30, 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate
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