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Confederate Memorial Day
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
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2001
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Confederate Memorial Day a day (generally May 30) set aside to remember soldiers and sailors of the armed forces of the
Confederate States of America who died during the
Civil War.
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/28/1999; 700+ words
; ...Association, following Sand Lake Memorial Day Parade on Monday. Face-painting...wreath ceremony. 274-3416. MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE: at Watervliet Arsenal...Stratton Air Base. SOUTH GLENS FALLS MEMORIAL DAY PARADE: 6 p.m., Main Street...
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Memorials insurer has paid $12.7m since 2003 ; Malpractice suits normal today, health system says
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 3/28/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...problems that led them to Memorial, Schneider, Anderson and...things in common: Each sued Memorial for medical malpractice and...Theyre not alone. Since 2003, Memorials insurer has forked over more...medical malpractice cases at Memorial have reached more than a halfmillion...health care ...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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MEMORIAL DAY PARADES, SERVICES, CONCERTS SET TODAY.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 5/31/2004; 700+ words
; ...Several tri-state communities host Memorial Day programs, parades and tributes...crowd. * Covington 83rd annual Memorial Day parade: Forms at 2 p.m. today...Jack Westwood. * Crestview Hills Memorial Day parade: Begins at 9 a.m. today...
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Memorials, monument boom in nation's capital has many asking how many are too many.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/16/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...in 1986 approved a Korean memorial to be located opposite the Vietnam memorial, with the Reflecting Pool...Like the Vietnam and Korean memorials, most will have to be funded...exception is the Roosevelt memorial. Sally Berk, president of...Memorial, added on Veterans Day. 1993. Two ...
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 "The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)")
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MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATIONS.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 5/29/2006; 700+ words
; Local Memorial Day events: * Bellevue-Dayton, 77th...at Towne Square. * Campbell County Memorial Day parade begins at 2 p.m. at Campbell...ceremony will follow the parade. * Cheviot Memorial Day parade begins at 11 a.m. on Francis...
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MEMORIALS ALONG THE HIGHWAY
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 7/21/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...with where he was the last day of his life, going to work...efforts made to stop them Memorials, meanwhile, keep showing...at them." Most roadside memorials are small plywood crosses...say cause the most concern. Memorials near Indianapolis have included...galvanized pipe. The latter ...
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MEMORIAL DAY 2004 ACTIVITIES\ REGION PLANNING SCORES OF EVENTS.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 5/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...report Local events set for the Memorial Day weekend: * Bellevue-Dayton...Monument at the post. * Cheviot Memorial Day parade: begins at 11 a.m. Monday...lodge. * * Taste of Cincinnati Memorial Day Procession: begins at 11:45...
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MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 5/31/2004; 700+ words
; ...Several tri-state communities host Memorial Day programs, parades and tributes...m. at Towne Square. * Cheviot Memorial Day parade: Begins at 11 a.m. today...s lodge. * Taste of Cincinnati Memorial Day Procession: Begins at 11:45...
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Vietnam memorial's roll call helped change the way we grieve.(Arts and Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 11/11/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...conceived the idea of building a memorial to those who served in the...such as the USS Arizona Memorial, which includes the names...Harbor, most national military memorials celebrate an abstract, collective...turned it into a national memorial, Young said. In viewing...a confrontation with the ...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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MEMORIAL DAY CLOSINGS
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 5/26/1994; 700+ words
; ...Schererville and St. John. MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS - St. Matthias Catholic...1618. - Highland will hold a Memorial Day ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday at...American Legion Post 261 holds Memorial Day services at 11 a.m. Monday at...
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Memorial
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
MEMORIAL Memorial, a self-described "international...their works might never see the light of day, at least in their lifetimes. In some...published in Russian as separate volumes. Memorial emerged in 1987, when individuals started...
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...an open competition for a memorial design that would: "1...Shaped like an inverted V, the memorial is cut into a small hill sloping...distinguished the design from other memorials, saying it was black instead...was dedicated on Veteran's Day in 1982; a flagpole with...1984. The Vietnam Women's ...
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Vietnam War Memorial
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...that required more than three days. The organizers of the Vietnam...agitated for a more heroic memorial. As a compromise, sculptor...its unveiling, the Vietnam Memorial has been the third most visited...Memory and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Berkeley: University of...also Art: Sculpture ; War ...
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Memorial Day Massacre
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
MEMORIAL DAY MASSACRE MEMORIAL DAY MASSACRE (1937). In the spring of 1937 the Steel Workers...around the plant in anticipation of the march that was scheduled for Memorial Day, 30 May 1937. Memorial Day dawned bright and hot, and by...
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Memorial Day
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
MEMORIAL DAY MEMORIAL DAY (May 30), or Decoration Day, began in 1868 when members of the Grand Army of the Republic heeded the request of their commander, General John A. Logan, to decorate the graves of their fallen compatriots. It has...
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