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sissippi celebrates Confederate Memorial Day on the going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no The origins of special services to honor those who site at www.aerotechnews.com
last Monday of April, Alabama on the fourth Monday neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or die in war can be found in antiquity. The Athenian Submissions for upcoming events, air
of April, and Georgia on April 26. North and South to the coming generations that we have forgotten as leader Pericles offered a tribute to the fallen heroes shows and museums
Carolina observe it on May 10, Louisiana on June 3 a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.” of the Peloponnesian War over 24 centuries ago that should be emailed to
and Tennessee calls that date Confederate Decora- The crowd attending the first Memorial Day could be applied today to the 1.1 million Americans editor@aerotechnews.com.
tion Day. Texas celebrates Confederate Heroes Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery was ap- who have died in the nation’s wars: “Not only are For questions concerning the web site,
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