Memorial Day was first observed May 30, 1868 with the placing of flowers on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. Since that time it has become the day of rememberance for all service members who have died in the nation's wars - USA. There were several observances today in Los Angeles and elsewhere in USA.

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Back in LA for some weeks vaccation I remember this day - Eight of May 1984 - The Soviet Union announced that it would boycott the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The Soviets said they were concerned that Soviet athletes would be unsafe in the City of Angels. In reality the boycott had more to do with the refusal of the United States to participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and with American aid to Muslim rebels who were fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan.

Nowadays the fight in Afghanistan is still there ...I wonder who is fighting whom...?

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