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This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

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Monday, May 26, 2008

Jam on the River

Both Saturday and Sunday of this holiday weekend, I attended the Jam on the River music festival. This festival definitely commemorated the spirit of Memorial Day. It was an awesome way to spend my weekend.

I saw it as a celebration of Memorial Day because it could be directly related to Woodstock. In the seventies everyone got together to attend Woodstock to practice peace and rise up against the war. This was sort of the same thing. A lot of the kids there were on psychedelic drugs, much like at Woodstock in the seventies, and everyone was just dancing and getting along. I felt that the festival was a celebration of being young and carefree. This idea is brought on by antiwar feelings. The war in Iraq troubles many people and the perfect way to combat the hate is to practice peace and just be happy. This was the perfect way for me to celebrate Memorial Day and I definitely plan on doing it again next year.
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