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A portable memorial to fallen soldiers blooms in Washington

Season 2018 Episode 191 | 2m 04s

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a temporary memorial, now on the National Mall, honors the hundreds of thousands of U.S. military members who lost their lives since the turn of the 20th century with 645,000 poppies.

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