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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HOBBY61, post: 597741, member: 17677&quot;]<img src="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/50sq/2000/images/maRev_144x144.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/50sq/1999/images/njRev_144x144.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/50sq/1999/images/deRev_144x144.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/images/25c_1976bicent_rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/50sq/1999/images/ctRev_144x144.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/50sq/2000/images/scRev_144x144.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/commemoratives/images/1993_1d_wwii_rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/commemoratives/images/1994_1d_womenVets_rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/commemoratives/images/1994_1d_vietnam_rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/commemoratives/images/2002westPoint_rev144x144.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/commemoratives/images/1994_1d_pow_rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/commemoratives/images/1998_1d_blackPats_rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Memorial Day began—soon after the American Civil War ended—as Decoration Day.&nbsp; Decorating with flowers and flags the graves of soldiers who had died in the war was a way for people to say &quot;thank you&quot; for their sacrifice and remember how much our freedom and unity has cost. </p><p>So many different towns had set aside a day for people to stop working and visit these graves that it&#039;s hard to say exactly which town was the first to do so.&nbsp; Both northern and southern cities claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day.&nbsp; But in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson and Congress declared Waterloo, New York, as the place where Memorial Day began one hundred years before.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/memorialDay.cfm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/memorialDay.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usmint.gov/KIDS/coinnews/memorialDay.cfm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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