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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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I intend this blog to manage our discussions and track our collective investigation.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Party

Every memorial day, my mom has a party. It is never on Memorial Day, it is the day before. Pretty much the only reason we have it on that Sunday is so everyone can stay late and not worry about going to work in the morning. Usually the party is fun – we have fireworks and games and a bbq, but this year was a little different. Just last week, my great uncle passed away. Ironically, he was a veteran of the navy, and he fought in WWII. So Memorial Day this year had a more meaning then it usually does. Also every year on Memorial Day, we bring flowers and flags down to the gravesites where my grandma and my great-grandparents are buried. I always see many families there, and even though Memorial Day is a day to remember war veterans, we usually spend it just remembering our own family.

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