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Patriotic song collection, courtesy the Music Division, Library of Congress<\/p><\/div>\n

Monday, May 25, 2012 is Memorial Day in the United States. Learn about the history of Memorial Day<\/a>, which began as Decoration Day in 1868, just three years after the end of the Civil War.<\/p>\n

View digitized collections of patriotic song music<\/a> from the Library of Congress Music Division.<\/p>\n

Listen to and read the stories of veterans’ experiences of war at the Veterans History Project<\/a>, also from the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n

The Veterans Administration provides the Nationwide Gravesite Locator,<\/a> a search site for locating the burial locations of veterans. Complete records for military cemeteries are available, and records for burials in private grounds are available back to 1997.<\/p>\n

From USA.gov<\/a>, learn more about flying the United States flag<\/a>, volunteering to help veterans and their families<\/a>, and sending mail and care packages to those overseas in military service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Please remember that Odum Library, along with the rest of Valdosta State University, is closed Memorial Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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