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https://www.gettysburgflag.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Decoration-Day-parade-in-Texas-in-1916-100-years-ago-Library-of-Congress.jpg500351Three major national holidays that unfurl flags are fast approaching: Memorial Day at the end of May, Flag Day on June 14 and the Fourth of July. The problem with such familiar occasions is that we often forget their original meaning and focus instead on picnics and fireworks. Shortly after the Civil War, Memorial Day... continue