Lawyers Love Long Speeches
This lawyer is key to the history of Memorial Day.
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?
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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.
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