| 1 | Americans are honoring fallen U.S. military personnel in events Monday as part of Memorial Day observances across the United States. | |
| 2 | But there are many secular holidays, too, such as Veteran's Day, Memorial Day and Labour Day. | |
| 3 | The power of controlling your situation, to be able to stop the war and rest, is something that our soldiers are quietly desperate for. | |
| 4 | This happens every time - Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Presidents Day - nothing is sacred. | |
| 5 | After three and a half years of fighting, hundreds of thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers had been killed or wounded. Still the war continued. |