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LIVE: National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day 2015

Homeless Persons' Memorial Day 2015

Matailong Du

Since 1990, the National Coalition for the Homeless has led observation of Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day to honor the lives of Americans who have died while homeless in the previous year. The official memorial day is December 21: the first day of winter and the longest night of the year.

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