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What veterans' poems can teach us about healing on Memorial Day

  • Written by James Dubinsky, Associate Professor of English, Virginia Tech
imageA visitor pauses at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.AP Photo/J. David Ake, File

Memorial Day, a national holiday to honor the 1.17 million men and women who have died to create and maintain the freedoms outlined in our Constitution, is not the only Memorial Day.

The holiday emerged from the Civil War as a celebration almost exclusively...

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