tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22656823.post2328457533016044837..comments2023-08-19T03:32:21.869-04:00Comments on My year of living Rangerously: Memorial Day in SharpsburgMannie Gentilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06225923971073419275noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22656823.post-2633803584082564202007-06-12T13:39:00.000-04:002007-06-12T13:39:00.000-04:00LOL, never. I once contradicted important committ...LOL, never. I once contradicted important committee ladies.<BR/><BR/>Once.<BR/><BR/>J.D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22656823.post-20312831007495058752007-06-08T19:09:00.000-04:002007-06-08T19:09:00.000-04:00J.D.Nope, sorry. One of the important committee l...J.D.<BR/><BR/>Nope, sorry. <BR/><BR/>One of the important committee ladies told me it was Sharpsburg.<BR/><BR/>(Don't contradict the important committee ladies)<BR/><BR/>MannieMannie Gentilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225923971073419275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22656823.post-6761403638541425012007-06-08T16:26:00.000-04:002007-06-08T16:26:00.000-04:00Hhmm, Mannie - I thought Memorial Day began in Boa...Hhmm, Mannie - I thought Memorial Day began in Boalsburg, PA (not far from State College). I believe there's a monument to that claim, also, in the town cemetery there. A group of women (perhaps during the war IIRC?) began decorating graves of military veterans, and it's touted that Memorial Day began there.<BR/><BR/>J.D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com