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Memorial Day Captions. "Who kept the faith and fought the fight; the glory theirs, the duty ours." – Wallace Bruce. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than ...
Planes, trains and aggravation: 38 million people expected to travel this Memorial Day weekend. 11 spectacular photos of jets spitting fire with their afterburners. Declassified photos show the US ...
1. “Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay.”-. Barack Obama. 2. “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to ...
A Presbyterianism mission was established (1837) roughly two miles (3.2 km) from present day Highland, Kansas by Samuel M. Irvin and his wife before being joined by Reverend William Hamilton. Irvin was sent to the Highland area by the Presbyterian Board of Missions to establish an agricultural mission for the Iowa and Sac & Fox people, who were ...
Memorial Day. Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) [1] is one of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. [2] [3] It is observed on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is also considered the unofficial beginning of ...
10 Surprising Facts About Memorial Day. Rebecca Schneid. May 28, 2024 at 11:30 AM. Memorial Day began as a way to honor soldiers who died in the American Civil War, which claimed the lives of the ...
Visit a local war monument, museum, or battlefield. Lincoln Memorial Statue (Pam Susemiehl / Getty Images) There are hundreds of historical sites that commemorate U.S. soldiers across the country ...
According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, "On Memorial Day the flag should be flown at half-staff from sunrise until noon only, then raised briskly to the top of the staff until sunset ...