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Memorial Day

On the narcissism of Trump’s Memorial Day remarks

John Fea   |  May 28, 2024

In case you missed it, yesterday Trump wished everyone a happy Memorial Day: Memorial Day is a day we remember those who fought and died for our country. It is a day for historical thinking–a day for connecting with those […]

Donald Trump wishes us all a happy Memorial Day

John Fea   |  May 27, 2024

Farmer’s Wife Magazine on Memorial Day

John H. Haas   |  May 27, 2024

In 1921 the editors of The Farmer’s Wife Magazine meditated on the evolution of Decoration Day from solely focused on remembering the sacrifices of Union soldiers in the Civil War, to encompassing those of the South, and then by the […]

Veteran speaks about the Black history behind Memorial Day. His mic gets cut.

John Fea   |  June 4, 2021

It was no accident. Here is Andrea Salcedo of The Washington Post: Retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter was midway through his speech at a Memorial Day ceremony in an Ohio cemetery when he started discussing the role that freed […]

Song of the Day

John Fea   |  May 31, 2021

“The Wall”:

Frederick Douglass: “We must never forget that victory to the rebellion meant death to the republic”

John Fea   |  May 31, 2021

150 years ago yesterday, Douglass delivered this Decoration Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery. Decoration Day was the predecessor of Memorial Day. Learn more about it here. Here is Douglass: The Unknown Loyal Dead Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, on Decoration […]