@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-22 23:13:19
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…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-06-22 18:30:31
Woman Allegedly Cited After Dipping Hand Into Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (TMZ.com)
https://www.tmz.com/2026/06/22/woman-cited-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-for-dipping-hand-in/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260622/p66#a260622p66
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-06-23 19:48:35
@deabigt@universeodon.com2026-05-23 02:35:44
A Sinkhole Has Swallowed Part of a LaGuardia Runway Just Days Before Memorial Day, and Hundreds of Flights Are Already Cancelled https://aeroxplorer.com/articles/a-sinkhole-has-swallowed-part-of-a-laguardia-runway-just-days-before-memorial-day-and-hundreds-of-flights-are-already-cancelled.php
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-05-17 06:05:00
@villavelius@mastodon.online2026-06-21 20:38:59
So that he can say that he 'drained the swamp'?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/21/trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-04-23 17:19:11
Mike Reid, who served as chief science officer for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, has quit the position because the State Department is considering withholding assistance from people with HIV in Zambia to push the country into signing a favorable critical-minerals deal with the U.S. (hand to ear as if getting an update) I’m now hearing: the United States is the bad guys.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-22 15:04:44
Five people have reportedly been arrested for vandalizing Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool in Washington DC,
with Donald Trump insisting repair work will begin “immediately”.
CBS News reporter Emma Nicholson tweeted on Sunday that an administration official told her five people had been arrested for vandalizing the pool
and another five issued federal citations,
bringing the total number of police reports filed to 14, including one related to an alleged 250ft gash in …
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-06-22 23:30:30
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@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-04-22 20:17:13
"The flu killed 15,849 U.S. soldiers in France and another 30,000 in stateside camps. That’s 45,849 killed by the flu versus 26,277 killed at Meuse-Argonne — documenting that the flu was by far our most deadly battle.
More civilians (over 50 million) died from the flu than from both World Wars and the Holocaust combined. Another 500 million civilians were incapacitated by the flu."