When Was The "First" Memorial Day?

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In this Friday, March 24, 2017 file photo, a gravestone marker for an unknown American soldier sits in the rows crosses at the Meuse-Argonne American cemetery in Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France.
( Virginia Mayo / AP Photo )
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