Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

Union General William Tecumseh Sherman said about the Civil War: “War is cruelty. There’s no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.” The Civil War ended in 1865 with the defeat of the Confederate states and slavery. Memorial Day began a few years later, in 1868, as Decoration Day: a day to remember Union soldiers who had lost their lives. Memorial Day is the time to reflect on those who fought and died in the Civil War and the wars that followed: Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War. A famous saying is “Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.” This multimedia presentation honors the youth as well as older American men and women who have donned the military uniform for America.