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  "path": "/2026/05/25/memorial-day-asks-what-kind-of-america-we-are-willing-to-defend/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T10:50:20.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
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  "textContent": "This Memorial Day we need to seriously consider whether our actions and voices in this democratic republic are debasing or honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Are we guilty of taking the rights and privileges we enjoy for granted? Or worse yet, of totally abdicating our responsibility to continue to protect and preserve them? […]",
  "title": "Memorial Day asks what kind of America we are willing to defend"
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