THEY WERE SO YOUNGhttps://www.garrisonkeillor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/240524-APHC-50th-Scranton-PA-_Memorial-Day_.mp3Monday is Memorial Day, a day that got lost when it was turned into a weekend, and someday we’ll turn it back into a day, which it was for a hundred years. Decoration Day. After the bloody Civil War, flowers were placed on the graves of the war dead. One of those times when the country is united. This is our observance of Memorial Day, a poem entitled “They Were So Young.”TEXT FOR POEM50th ANNIVERSARY SHOWS AHEADJuly 12, 13, 14th Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MNJuly 19th Bayfront Festival, Duluth, MNJuly 21st Chicago Theatre, Chicago, ILSeptember 26th Bluestem Center for the Arts Amph, Moorhead, MNSeptember 28th Norsk Høstfest, Minot, ND“Healthful. Invigorating. Good for reading aloud to friends andassociates, neighbors, colleagues bartenders, passersby, even strangers in libraries or on airplanes … toameliorate dyspepsia and digestive inclinations.”Enjoy Garrison...
