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Honoring Our Heroes

  • May 28, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Today is Memorial Day, a day to remember those who’ve died in military service. It began in 1868 as Decoration Day, after Major General John A. Logan called for people to place flowers on the graves of war dead. In 1971, Memorial Day became an official U.S. holiday.

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