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Ft. Scott NHS to host Memorial Day tradition
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More than 8,000 American flags fill the parade grounds at the Fort Scott National Historic Site over Memorial Day weekend. The fort is looking for volunteers to help place the flags on the Friday before the holiday and retrieve them on the Tuesday following. - photo by Courtesy / Fort Scott National Historic Site
FORT SCOTT, Kan. — It began during the disconsolate days of the Civil War with simple remembrances placed on the graves of fallen soldiers. Every community in the country paid a heavy price during those trying and turbulent days.