PARIS (AP) — President Joe Biden will close out his trip to France by paying his respects at an American military cemetery that Donald Trump notably skipped visiting when he was president, hoping his final stop on Sunday will lay draw the stakes of the November election in stark relief. It’s a fitting end to […]
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Kyle Rice’s neighbors in Pleasant Hill might know him for the specialty COFFINS license plate on his truck or the haunted house he throws for the neighborhood every Halloween. Rice has a deep interest in funeral antiquing: His basement features a collection of undead “oddities” and memorabilia like giant rulers advertising funeral homes, vintage embalming […]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — One Kansas family is fighting to show respect to their loved one, trying to get him a headstone over 50 years after he was killed in action. Private First Class Christopher Gutierrez is buried at Wichita’s Calvary Cemetery. He is a Purple Heart recipient, shot and killed in South Vietnam in […]
May 27—A ceremony at Dayton National Cemetery recognized not only those who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, but also the nearly 81,000 service people who still remain unaccounted for and missing. “What you’re really looking at is 113 acres of why we are free,” said Douglas Ledbetter, director of the Dayton National […]
May 27—Less than a year ago, Staff Sgt. Tanner Grone and four other soldiers died after the MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter they were aboard during a routine refueling mission crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. Monday marked the first Memorial Day without them. The 25-year-old from Gorham, who served as a mechanic and crew chief, dreamed […]
Palm Beach County on Monday remembered those who died in service to the United States at a Memorial Day ceremony at South Florida National Cemetery near Lake Worth Beach. The day saw a public ceremony complete with the presentation of wreaths and a rifle salute as well as private moments of reflection as those in […]
By Jarrett Renshaw ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden honored fallen soldiers during the 156th observance of Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery outside the nation’s capital on Monday. Biden placed a wreath of flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in a solemn ceremony, where he was accompanied by Vice President […]
A Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony was held Sunday at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Washington County. The ceremony featured Commander Justin Jolley of the USCG Marine Safety Unit, Pittsburgh. Music was performed by the Canon-McMillan High School Band and Bella Voce Choir, the Pittsburgh South Hills Keystone Chorus and bagpiper Sean McCathy of […]
During this Memorial Day Weekend, some volunteers spent Saturday morning paying tribute to hundreds of veterans laid to rest at the Oakmont Verona Cemetery. It’s a small gesture, a red geranium planted in front of the graves of veterans in the cemetery, but it’s an annual tradition for the Oakmont Lions Club. This year, Riverview […]
May 23—Flags will begin appearing Saturday at the Santa Fe National Cemetery in preparation for this year’s Memorial Day ceremony, to be held at 10 a.m. Monday. The hourlong event will include a wreath-laying ceremony, speeches, a moment of silence, the playing of taps, a rifle volley and a flyover by the New Mexico Civil […]
WESTBOROUGH — Beside Lake Chauncy stood Jon Maynard, who believes this is sacred ground. Maynard’s research had led him to this small stretch of shoreline that could include the remains of boys who once lived in the first public reform school in the country. After years of poring over historic documents and photographs, Maynard feels […]