A grateful h/t to Heather Cox Richardson, who posted this beautiful tribute from 1868, when then-Congressman James Garfield spoke at Arlington National Cemetery for the first Decoration Day (what we now know as Memorial Day). Garfield paid tribute to the men who gave their lives during the Civil War — but he also made a rather remarkable comparison, connecting Arlington to Rome and St. Peter: What other spot so fitting for their last resting pla…
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