Memorial Day

Restoring the Meaning of Memorial Day

May 21, 2015

14 m

Have we lost the true meaning of Memorial Day amidst all the picnics, campouts, and barbecues?

Family & Lifestyle

Memorial Day History, Armed Forces, Holiday Cookouts, History Flight, Celebrating at Home, Battle Monuments

May 25, 2020

1 h 41 m

Matthew Mason explains the origin of Memorial Day, Denise Rohan talks about honoring the Armed F...

Why We Memorialize

May 22, 2015

52 m

Guests: Jan Scruggs, founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Greg Dickinson, Chair of the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University and co-editor of the book "Places of Public Memory: The Rhetoric of Museums and Memorials." Aaron Skabelund, professor of history here at BYU with an emphasis on collective memory and modern Japan. Scott Paeth, professor of Religious Studies, Peace, Justice and Conflict at DePaul University We hear from the man credited with getting one of the most iconic memorials in America built: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. That nearly-five-hundred-foot wall of black granite on the National Mall with more than 58,000 names of veterans engraved on it

Storytelling

Memorial Day

May 25, 2020

57 m

On today’s episode, enjoy the following: "When I Was One and Twenty" by Sam Payne "Abraham and I...

Peace Memorials

Feb 22, 2021

15 m

What if We Honored Peace Activists Like We Honor Military Veterans?

American Spirit

May 27, 2019

16 m

Taya Kyle, author of "American Spirit," tells her tragic story and talks about the hope that remains in the world that helped her overcome it.

Should We Memorialize Violence?

May 25, 2020

20 m

Guest: Kenneth Foote, PhD, Professor of Historical Geography, University of Connecticut, Author of “Shadowed Ground: America’s Landscapes of Violence and Tragedy” Why is it that, after a tragedy, we build a memorial at the site? Maybe it starts as a makeshift monument – a pile of flowers, cards, stuffed animals and candles. Sometimes it evolves into something more formal where a community chooses to permanently memorialize a traumatic event like a mass shooting or terrorist attack. In the aftermath of a tragedy, there is always a tension between wanting to remember and wanting to forget. (Originally aired 11/13/2017)