Thoughts of Memorial Day

from performers and producers of the National Memorial Day Concert live from the West Lawn of the US Capitol televised on PBS tonight (Sun 5/26) at 8:00pm. Among the performers Chris Mann from The Voice and The newly crowned winner of the 12th season of “American Idol,” Candice Glover But there is a lot more than than glitz, for instance the haunting story of twin brothers who joined the National Guard just two weeks before 9/11, never suspecting that they would fight in two of the longest wars in America’s history. And of course remembering the fallen and the forgotten. This year is the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice and the broadcast will honor the profound sacrifices of the proud veterans those who fought and died in what has been called “the forgotten war.”

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