The holiday was first observed by communities all over the U.S. following the Civil War, when the nation suffered more than 620,000 military deaths.

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In the 1920s and ’30s, Germans failed to heed the warnings of a feisty little newspaper called the Münchener Post.

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They not only played a part in global conflict but also became the backbone of post-war commerce in Southampton Docks.

Jimmy Twedt of Roland was just 17 when he signed up to fight in WWII. He is one of the fallen who will be remembered on Memorial Day.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio headed to Capitol Hill today for a marathon hearing before his former colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.