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Memorial Day @ Fort Snelling
May 29, 2007

The historic Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis commemorates veterans of the American Civil War on Memorial Day. The First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry brings history to life.

This video was filmed on Memorial Day of 2006. Americans have opened nearly 1,000 new graves to bury U.S. troops killed in Iraq in the year since.

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Posted by Minnesota Stories on May 29, 2007 01:53 AM

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