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    MARVEL MAY: MEMORIAL DAY WITH CAPTAIN AMERICA

    “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” ~ Jesus Christ “A symbol to the nation. A hero to the world. The story of Captain America is one of honor, bravery, and sacrifice.” So speaks the narrator of a Smithsonian exhibit in the Marvel Studios movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The words fit Steve Rogers well. I remember so clearly watching the first Captain America movie in theaters: Captain America: The First Avenger. It was 2011, a Friday matinee on a hot day in July. My brother and I decided to go after reading a review online praising the movie’s…