ARLINGTON, Va. — A Confederate memorial is to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia in the coming days, part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military-related facilities, a cemetery official said Saturday. The decision ignores a recent demand from more than 40 Republican congressmen that the Pentagon […]
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Memorial honors four teens killed in crash
Dec. 16—ESPAÑOLA — A candlelight vigil Saturday evening in Española supported family, siblings, friends and classmates of four teenagers recently killed in a two-vehicle crash. As the sun set, more than 100 people gathered in front of four tables in the Plaza de Española with balloons, flowers and photographs of Isaiah Gonzales, Touré Jerome Tsosie, […]
Confederate memorial to be removed in coming days from Arlington National Cemetery
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A Confederate memorial is to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia in the coming days, part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military-related facilities, a cemetery official said Saturday. The decision ignores a recent demand from more than 40 Republican congressmen that the […]
Tyre Nichols’s Skate Crew Reunited To Mourn Their Friend At His Memorial
Around them, the skate park was quickly filling with people. Eventually, more than 100 would show up to the memorial for Nichols, the 29-year-old killed by police officers in Memphis, where he had moved in 2020. Five officers face murder charges. A sixth has been suspended. The unit they were a part of has been […]