Somehow I missed Memorial Day - or Decoration Day as it was known in the old South - even though I posted about my grandfather and World War I. Here is my favorite - respectful and bitter - song about those who gave their lives for our nation. This song betrays my youth and the sense of futility we all felt about "America's longest war."
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
There's a Wall in Washington (Iris DeMent)
Somehow I missed Memorial Day - or Decoration Day as it was known in the old South - even though I posted about my grandfather and World War I. Here is my favorite - respectful and bitter - song about those who gave their lives for our nation. This song betrays my youth and the sense of futility we all felt about "America's longest war."
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