Formerly Enslaved Black Americans Celebrate the First Decoration Day
Issue #331: OpEd May 29, 2023
This is an edited re-posting of an article we published on Memorial Day in 2022.
Memorial Day in the United States is observed on the last Monday of May. The sole purpose of Memorial Day is to honor those who died while serving in any branch of the military.
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