Memorial Day

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President Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg Address
Audio -- Johnny Cash
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gettysburgaddress.htm

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'Il Silencio' (The Silence)
The conductor of the orchestra is Andre Rieu from Holland.
Melissa Venema, age 13, is the trumpet soloist.
The Original version of Taps was called Last Post, and was written by Daniel Butterfield in 1801. It was rather lengthy and formal, as you will hear in this clip, so in 1862 it was shortened to 24 notes and re-named Taps. Melissa Venema is playing it on a trumpet whereby the original was played on a bugle.
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http://www.flixxy.com/trumpet-solo-melissa-venema.htm
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Vietnam War Casualties Listed by Home of Record-
http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm
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Cpl. Jared Kubasak's FCJrROTC Scholarship
Franklin County Virginia
http://www.lars1.com/Kubasak/
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Arlington National Cemetary
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/photo_gallery/index.html
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Medal of Honor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor
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If I Die Before You Wake
Tribute to Our Troops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRWoWoX1ugI
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