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Man is a military animal glories in gunpowder and loves parade.

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Philip James Bailey
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Nowadays many Americans have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At cemeteries across the country the graves of the fallen are sadly ignored and worse neglected.

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Nowadays many Americans have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At cemeteries across the country the graves of the fallen are sadly ignored and worse neglected.

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From 1971 onwards the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of the summer with barbecues blockbuster movie openings and mattress sales.

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Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.

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While tributes to Americans who had lost their lives in battle had been held in a number of towns across the nation one of the more well-known stories about the beginnings of Memorial Day is the story about General John Logan.

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Category: Memorial Day

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. I am a grandmother now and that means age is creeping on creeping on.
  • 2. Live your life and forget your age.
  • 3. Age appears to be best in four things old wood best to burn old wine to drink old friends to trust and old authors to read.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Reese Witherspoon is my everywoman. She's managed to have a family and this amazing career. That's the goal.
  • 2. There's no way in the world that just because women turn the number 40 they're anything less than amazing. That's crazy. If anything you're even more amazing!
  • 3. President Clinton signed a $10 million deal to write a book by 2003. Isn't that amazing? Yes and get this not only that President Bush signed a $10 million deal to read a book by 2003.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger makes dull men witty but it keeps them poor.
  • 2. For a long time I thought I could deal with my anger and hostility on my own. But I couldn't. I denied that it had affected me and yet I was so frantic on the inside with other people: I needed to be constantly reassured.
  • 3. In times of great stress or adversity it's always best to keep busy to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. There is no more lovely friendly and charming relationship communion or company than a good marriage.
  • 2. The chances of a reunion now are less likely. I was thinking of having a 40th anniversary of the band but now they are really another band so it's all a bit weird.
  • 3. Each year on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth America has the opportunity to reflect on our nation's progress towards the realization of his dream.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup but the tea.
  • 2. I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture art and architecture and learned of the existence of the game of GO which I still play.
  • 3. The greatest advances of civilization whether in architecture or painting in science and literature in industry or agriculture have never come from centralized government.
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