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Today isn't just another day off of school. It's a day to honor those men and women who have given their lives in the military fighting for what they believed was right. Many men and women have died fighting for our country. Some have given up more than their lives. A perfect example is the Gettysburg National Cemetery. There are countless markers of "Unknown Zouave" or "Unknown Soldier". These men gave up everything; their possesions, their families, and also who they were. These people truly gave their last full measure of devotion for their country, and their cause. In the bloodiest day in American history, over 17,000 men died fighting at Antietam Creek in Maryland in 1862. Not all of these individual men will be remembered, but what they did will always be remembered. We honor them for just that today.