Reflections: Memorial Day: Remembering fallen heroes
‘There is no life without death, no dawn without sunset, no victory but to him who has given all’
By SAMMY WAY
Sumter Item archivist and historian
Sumter Item archivist and historian
Posted 5/24/25
Reflections recalls that an editorial written by Hubert Osteen, editor of The Sumter Item, on May 24, 1992, states, "In a sense, Abraham Lincoln inaugurated Memorial Day in 1863 when he gave a brief, powerful and timeless speech now known as The …
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