Tag: Homecoming

Battleship New Jersey rescinds homecoming ticket prices

After nearly 12 weeks in dry dock in Philadelphia, the Battleship New Jersey is preparing to return to the Camden waterfront on Thursday. The museum and memorial is inviting the public to a return celebration at its pier — and now entrance is free. The battleship announced Monday that tickets for the homecoming celebration, previously […]

Photographs of the Homecoming of the Three Fires Powwow

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich  — On Saturday afternoon, the 42nd “Homecoming of the Three Fires” Powwow’s grand entry began under sunny skies along the shores of the Owashtanong, known now as the Grand River, at Riverside Park just north of downtown Grand Rapids, Mich. Named for the three tribes, Ojibwe (Chippewa), Odawa (Ottawa), and Bodéwadmi (Potawaomi), […]

A prayer for safe homecoming

May 15—As you drove to work today, you probably noticed the flags on display in the uptown district. You may have thought, it’s too soon for Memorial Day. Is it Flag Day? The Creston VFW Post 1797 put the flags out to honor National Peace Officer Memorial Day, a day created in 1962 by President […]