Why Memorial Day Is More Than A 3-day Weekend: Opinion

Tim Morris, Columnist, New Orleans Times-Picayune
Fri, 05/26/2017 - 4:30am

"We erect monuments so that we shall always remember, and build memorials so that we shall never forget." -- Arthur Danto

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