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Article: Memorial Day service rendered in Civil War-era cemetery
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- May 30, 2009
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Memorial Day, observed the last Monday in May, was originally
celebrated to honor Civil War casualties. It has a special
significance to members of the Frankfort Illinois Branch as it has
become an annual tradition to clean off Civil War-era headstones at
The Union Burial Society ...
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