Memorial Day began in the years after the Civil War, when it was originally called âDecoration Day.â At the first official celebration of this holiday in 1868, then-Congressman James A. Garfield, who would become our 20th president, said in a speech at Arlington National Cemetery that those who gave their lives for our country âsummed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men and citizens.â
That is as true today as it was 150 years ago. Memorial Day honors the sacrifices of people like Charles Alan Jones, a Nebraskan who was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Seaman 2nd Class Jones was one of the more than 2,400 American soldiers who lost their lives that day. He was just 21 years old.
High in the Himalayas, China is planning to build the mother of all mega dams
Beijing is turning its sights to one of the wildest and riskiest reaches of the Tibetan Plateau where it s making plans to build the world s most powerful hydropower plant. 25 May 2021
The sheer scale of the Tibetan Plateau can be hard to fathom. Its mountain peaks stretch kilometres into the sky, while canyons below sink so deep that few people have ever been able to reach them.
It s wild and spectacular but it s also vitally important to about a fifth of the world s population that relies on its immense freshwater reserves.
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