On a Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery, graves of the fallen stretch in rows to the horizon. (Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress) By the Sunday before Memorial Day my father would ...
Monday, May 27 will mark the national holiday of Memorial Day. It is often observed by sales and merchandising or picnics, but it has a more somber tone which should be taken seriously. Memorial Day ...
Walking through Gettysburg National Military Park, it is difficult not to be overcome by emotion as you encounter monument after monument to the different battalions that fought in the 1863 three-day ...
Fort McCoy community members participate in the 2022 Memorial Day Prayer Luncheon on May 26, 2022, at McCoy’s Community Center at Fort McCoy, Wis. Reverend Laurie Graber and her husband Tom Graber ...
Flags were flying high at America’s Last Patrol’s Memorial Day Ceremony on Saturday, May 26. The theme – to remember and pray this Memorial Day. Service men and women braved the heat to remember the ...
Lubbockites and West Texans will join Americans across the nation this Memorial Day, May 26, to honor service men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Several events marking ...
On this Memorial Day, fewer American troops are deployed in global combat zones than there have been in decades. But this is far from a time of peace. Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, simmering ...
As a kid, as an unwilling accomplice, during these annual rituals there wasn’t much for me to do except find the shade of a nearby tree and listen with the bored disinterest of a designated witness to ...