Restoring the Meaning of Memorial Day

Restoring the Meaning of Memorial Day

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 68 , Segment 1

Episode: Memorial Day, Emotional Disconnect, K-12 Financial Education

  • May 21, 2015 9:00 pm
  • 14:19 mins

Guest: John Raughter, national communications manager for the American Legion  AAA projects holiday travel this weekend to be the highest in a decade. That’s what Memorial Day’s all about, right? A kick-off to summer. Barbecues and campouts and picnics.   Of course we know Memorial Day has deeper meaning as a time to honor fallen service members. But it’s clearly lost some of that significance in America. That has prompted some to call for the holiday to be moved so it’s not on a Monday and thus always part of a three-day weekend, which makes recreational activities so tempting.

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Cervantes and Don Quixote

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Guest: Dale Pratt, professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature here at Brigham Young University. He joined us today to talk about the recent discovery of the remains of Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, which is widely considered to be one of the greatest works of modern literature  After a seemingly quixotic search spanning decades, archaeologists and historians in Spain have discovered what they believe to be the long-lost remains of the man who wrote Don Quixote. They’ve unearthed bones and a coffin marked “M C” beneath a 17th Century convent in Madrid, prompting us to reflect on the significance of the author and his magnum opus. It appears regularly on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published and is often considered to be one of the first modern novels. What makes Don Quixote so important?

Guest: Dale Pratt, professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature here at Brigham Young University. He joined us today to talk about the recent discovery of the remains of Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote, which is widely considered to be one of the greatest works of modern literature  After a seemingly quixotic search spanning decades, archaeologists and historians in Spain have discovered what they believe to be the long-lost remains of the man who wrote Don Quixote. They’ve unearthed bones and a coffin marked “M C” beneath a 17th Century convent in Madrid, prompting us to reflect on the significance of the author and his magnum opus. It appears regularly on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published and is often considered to be one of the first modern novels. What makes Don Quixote so important?