In 1884 Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. gave a remarkable speech in which he explained how grief and memory for the fallen dead unite the nation on Memorial Day.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was born on September 30, 1929 to parents Oliver and Freda (Swanstrom) Holmes in Beresford, South Dakota. He attended the Beresford area schools and farmed with his ...

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This article appears in the August 26-September 2, 2019 issue.. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (Library of Congress / Silsbee, Case, and Co.) Wounded three times during the Civil War—once when a ...

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Individual Liberty, and the Constitution. Damon Root | 6.23.2009 2:03 PM. Share on Facebook Share on X Share on Reddit Share by email Print friendly version Copy ...

Not long ago I heard a young man ask why people still kept up Memorial Day, and it set me thinking of the answer. Not the answer that you and ...

Library of Congress historian Ryan Reft talks about Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s "black book" - a list of books read by the Justice.

Mentor Public Library continues its series on the most important Supreme Court justices by spotlighting Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., one of the most influential and widely cited jurists in American ...