Michigan Veterans & Memorial Day Pointing The Way by Ryan Southen Michigan Radio's Jack Lessenbery spoke with Michael Sands, a high school teacher and a Vietnam Vet who was instrumental in getting Michigan's Vietnam Memorial built in Lansing, about attitudes toward veterans and Memorial Day. Lessenberry also muses about how Memorial Day has been politicized by folks for and against war through our history. You will also want to take a look at yesterday's Michigan in Pictures feature about the Michigan Soldiers & Sailors Monument in Detroit with modern and historical photos. Read/hear Interview: Mike Sand from Michigan Radio Also see Essay: Memorial Day Check out Michigan Soldiers & Sailors Monument from Michigan in Pictures Posted/updated May 30, 2006 by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan) click to Send This Story to a Friend! Main Michigan News Page Go Back One Page

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