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TTT1822 May 28 Cemeteries

What does Memorial Day mean to you? A visit to a cemetery to remember a loved one? An occasion to honor our military veterans? The happy culmination of a three-day weekend? What do the ways we remember the dead tell us about the living? TruthToTell host Tom O’Connell talks with James Silas Rogers, author of "Northern Orchards: Places Near the Dead"; revisits an interview with Susan Hunter-Weir, author of "Tales from Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery," a monthly column in the Alley newspaper; and pays tribute to several local heroes who have enriched our common life.
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TTT1622 May 30 Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a time to honor the men and women who have served in the United States military—especially during times of war. But what about those who fought to prevent those wars or end them once they had started?  Shouldn’t we remember them and the movements they created, as well? Minnesota’s rich history of[...] Read More »