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Old 05-23-2009, 04:45 PM
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I remember when I was younger, it was called Decoration Day. It was a day to decorate the graves of our war hero's. I also remember how my parents were up set by the name change and how I was upset when they changed it to the last Monday.

God Bless our Veterans