Lawyers Love Long Speeches

This lawyer is key to the history of Memorial Day.

Memorial Day flag and dog tags in evening sunshine

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Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!

Who was the principal speaker — delivering a notoriously long address — at the first Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in 1868?

Hint: The Civil War veteran was also a lawyer who argued for the petitioners in front of the Supreme Court in Ex parte Milligan before turning to a successful political career.

See the answer on the next page.

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