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  • World Ward II Veteran says use Memorial Day to remember those who have sacrificed lives

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2011) World War II Veteran Theodore “Ted” E. Sliwa, age 89, of the Brooklyn Centre neighborhood, has a message for Americans: “Memorial Day is a day to commemorate, not celebrate.” For years, Sliwa, served as Chairman of the Memorial Day Committee at the now closed St. Barbara’s Church at…

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