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Positive things that happened on May 31. Each milestone links to the source it was checked against.

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Two questions a teacher can use as a warm-up. This page is for an adult to read with a class.

What is one kind thing people in your town could do on a day like today?
If your class wrote a good-news headline for this date, what would it be about?

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A large group of veterans in bright shirts and service members in camouflage pose together indoors, some holding small American flags

Heroes

Manchester, New Hampshire

Sixty New Hampshire veterans left Manchester on Honor Flight New England's 70th trip

Korean War and Vietnam War veterans gathered at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on May 31 for a free flight to Washington. The send-off put the chapter past 2,600 veterans flown.

Verified · WMUR

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