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Karen's Musings
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May 28, 2010

Memorial Day week end feels like the real beginning of summer.

And our weather here in MN feels like summer too.  It's rather nice, actually.  When we left Naples a few days ago the weather was hovering near 90 every day so having it in the 80's here is perfect.  But what's important about the holiday is that we are remembering those who gave their lives in service for our country.  The first official observance was in Waterloo, Iowa in 1866 but the previous year, formerly enslaved blacks observed it following the Civil War in South Carolina. I find it amazing that we can put our differences aside, as is generally the ca[...]

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