2009-05-21 / Front Page
Honoring the Departed on Memorial Day
On Memorial Day, Putnam will be filled with parades honoring our fallen soldiers, and barbeques hailing the return of warm weather. But too few residents in Putnam realize that our land carried so many early American soldiers who fell in combat. Fewer still recognize the efforts of small groups and individuals who have preserved these gravesites from destruction.
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