MSNBCW The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell May 26, 2020
Doesnt understand memorial day. He has no connection to memorial day. He doesnt know that it began as Decoration Day in 1868, when we honored our war dead by decorating their graves at Arlington National cemetery. Memorial day didnt become an official federal holiday until 1971, but the tradition of decorating war graves never stopped. I did it when i was a little kid in boston. My daughter did it. When she was a girl scout. And her group planted small american flags at a los angeles Veterans Cemetery in westwood. I called my mother from that cemetery, knowing that she would want to know what ...