Today is Memorial Day in the U.S., a day when Americans celebrate the start of summer and honor the soldiers who died while in the service of the U.S. Armed Forces. The holiday's origins can be tracked to 1861, when the graves of fallen soldiers began to be decorated in the U.S. The holiday also extends spiritually to our country's many allies.
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