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Eloquent Memorial Day Address Stirred Old Soldiers
Des Moines speaker Hon. Jerry B. Sullivan delivered a Memorial Day address at the opera house on behalf of Civil War veterans. He traced slavery’s abolition as central to American liberty, urged unity, education, and duty, and praised Grand Army of the Republic while calling for justice for the less fortunate.
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