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Memorial Day observances are planned locally and around the state to remember and honor people who died while serving in U.S. Armed forces. Observed every year on the last Monday in May, the holiday originated more than 150 years ago.
This year, Memorial Day observances begin in Maine Saturday, May 23, with the placing of some 15,000 American flags in Veterans Memorial cemeteries in Augusta, Caribou and Springvale...