President Calvin Coolidge stood at the marble rostrum in the amphitheater at Arlington Cemetery to give his Decoration Day address in 1926. It was Monday, May 31. Just a week earlier he had signed the landmark bill authorizing the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains Park. But on this day, he was acknowledging all veterans who had given their lives in service to their country. He heartily denounced militarism, racism and intolerance while advoc…
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