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    May 29, 2012: Remembering Pat Tillman

    MAY 29, 2012 1:53PM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: stuff we should better remember, memorial day, atheism, war on terror, afghanistan war, pat tillman

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    • 38 Ratings
    • 2767 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    High Indeed the Price of Honor

    MAY 25, 2012 11:24AM

    By toritto


    Topics: memorial day

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    • 33 Ratings
    • 4029 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Memorial Day, Jaws and the U.S.S. Indianapolis

    MAY 24, 2012 7:43AM

    By Jeanette DeMain


    Topics: u.s.s. indianapolis, albert raymond kelly, memorial day, world war ii

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    • 9 Ratings
    • 1243 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Upon Fiddler's Green

    MAY 30, 2011 11:53AM

    By Backsight Forethought


    Topics: iraq, afghanistan, memorial day, fiddler's green, war

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 3525 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    I Snuck Someone Into West Point

    MAY 25, 2011 3:13AM

    By bonnie bernstein


    Topics: open call, mortifying disclosures, bonnie bernstein, terrorist, chocolate, flirt, spanish, west point, bullet proof vest, avon, united states military academy, thayer gate, 1979 chevy caprice, general douglas macarthur, cadet chapel, memorial day, museum, hudson valley, security, guards, 911, tour guide, hockey, stumbleupon, facebook, twitter, new york city, nyc, divorce, nanny, thayer hotel, football, stepford, michie stadium, military, my tiny hypocrisy, open call, mount saint mary college, afghanistan, iraq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2034 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Mourning Day: The Holiday Hallmark Missed

    MAY 10, 2011 7:11PM

    By Emily Rapp


    Topics: ronan, parenting, memorial day, margaret atwood, alive, grief, mother's day

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    • 25 Ratings
    • 3570 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    My Grandpa the Soldier: Reflections on World War II

    MAY 31, 2010 9:42PM

    By Kasey Everly


    Topics: history, world war ii, remagen, family, memorial day

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    • 19 Ratings
    • 2129 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Stranger Danger–Sure, but what's he got on the grill?

    MAY 30, 2010 1:31PM

    By Willett .


    Topics: salon, open salon, cookout, grill, grilling, girlfriends, memorial day, humorist, feminist, mad cow, willett thomas, willett thomas, oprah, humor, open call, skc burger

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 1947 Views
    • 39 Comments
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    Memories I Never Had

    MAY 28, 2010 8:45AM

    By kitd


    Topics: kitd, memories i never head, ancestors, photographs, memorial day

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    • 17 Ratings
    • 21783 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Memorial Day 2010: Heroes from Another War

    MAY 27, 2010 10:39AM

    By Mary Ann Sorrentino


    Topics: feminism, tiller, murders, choice, abortion rights, flag, heroes, memorial day, war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 56 Ratings
    • 5163 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Memorial Day musings

    MAY 22, 2009 10:47AM

    By bbd


    Topics: never forget, honoring our soldiers, honoring our fallen, remembrance day, memorial day

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