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Don’t Forget the Real Meaning of Memorial Day

Don’t Forget the Real Meaning of Memorial Day
A U.S. war veterans and active duty personnel join others in rolling up a fifty by ninety-foot U.S. flag on the deck of the Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum in New York, during a Memorial Day ceremony, on May 26, 1997. Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images
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When we get to Memorial Day each year, I always think about my father, who was a career Army officer, and my mother, who as an Army wife and went wherever he went.

Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
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Newt Gingrich is an author, commentator, and former Georgia congressman who was the 50th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He ran as a presidential Republican candidate in 2012.
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