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Memorial Day, an occasion to honor America’s war dead, originated from attempts to heal from war and prevent its recurrence.
First called Decoration Day, the holiday involved decorating the graves of Civil War soldiers and commemorating their sacrifices.
Some leaders at the time promoted the idea that the holiday could advance post-war reconciliation between the North and the South.
(Though that desire for reconciliation conflicted, to some extent, with advancing redress fo…

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A profile of SAS CEO Jim Goodnight, the 83-year-old who co-founded the 50-year-old analytics firm and holds a ~67% stake worth $13.3B, as AI tests SAS' strategy (Phoebe Liu/Forbes)
forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/202

Trump has recently clashed with a string of European leaders -- most lately Italy's Giorgia Meloni.
But luckily for NATO he still seems on good terms with Turkey's veteran leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"Except for the fact that it was being held in Turkey by President Erdogan, I don't think I would have gone to it," Trump said last week.
The summit venue may also appeal: Erdogan's gargantuan marble-lined presidential palace.