Monthly Archives: May 2014

“The Dead Soldier’s Silence Sings Our National Anthem”—Aaron Kilbourn

Today—Memorial Day—we continue a national observance begun in 1868 to honor James Aubrey Cooper and a million more like him (some history of Memorial Day). Statue of a Confederate soldier at Oakwood Cemetery erected by the Julia Jackson chapter of … Continue reading

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