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the nation as demonstrators demand stricter gun laws. cnn correspondents spanned out across the country to cover the push for gun reform. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >> we start in ukraine, where officials are claiming progress in the south, as russian shelling rains down on the east. ukraine has been pushing forward with this counteroffensive in the kherson region, and president volodymyr zelenskyy says another area has been cleared of russian troops. here he is. >> translator: the ukrainian military gradually liberates the territory of the khe...

Hundreds of long-forgotten individuals buried in an Oconto cemetery will be remembered in a special way on Memorial Day weekend.

By Casey Nelson Dec 11, 2020 4:13 PM OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A new monument is in place at an Oconto cemetery. It honors hundreds of people buried in an area historically set aside for those who couldn’t pay for burial services. On a section of ground at the Evergreen Cemetery in Oconto, a two-ton granite boulder stands alone. It marks the area known as a potter’s field. “Here, it’s really sacred ground,” said Peter Gabrielson, Oconto. Gabrielson says since the 1850s, possibly 300 people, whose families couldn’t afford the service were buried at the cemetery. Many are l...