remember.gov - 5/23/2009
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flags_cemetery.jpg The National Moment of Remembrance , established by Congress, asks Americans wherever they are at 3 p.m., local time, on Memorial Day to pause in an act of national unity (duration: one minute).The time 3 p.m. was chosen because it is the time when most Americans are enjoying ...
mudvillegazette.com - 5/25/2009
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Robert Stokely, Gold Star Father: Here is an
Excerpt from the Order designating May 30, 1868 as...
Memorial Day: ...We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. All that the consecrated wealth and taste of the nation can add to their adornment and security, is but a fitting tribute to ...
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Memorial means "serving, or intended, to preserve the ...
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Moment of Remembrance
Washblog - Diaries —
... The National Moment of Remembrance, established by Congress, asks Americans wherever they are at 3 p.m., local time, on Memorial Day to pause in an act of national unity (duration: one minute). ...
Memorial Day 2009
Flopping Aces —
... In battlefields from Normandy, Antietam, Gettysburg, Trenton, Iwo Jima, Midway, Khe Sahn, Fallujah, Baghdad and thousands of other battlefields over the past 200 plus years.
Remember those who gave all. And remember those who are still serving with honor
This Memorial Day please take two minutes out of your day at 3pm local time for a National Moment of Remembrance.
Reflect on those who have died to protect our way of life and those who are still ...
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