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Memorial Day events
Saturday Memorial Day ceremony, 9:15 a.m. Delray Beach Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 700 SW Eighth Ave. Presented by American Legion Post 65 and Post 188. Ceremony includes opening address, flags placed at the graves of soldiers and a rifle salute. A...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Arts and Culture, Lantana, Palm Beach Gardens, Holidays
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Newington Honors 26 Residents Killed In War During Memorial Day Parade Saturday
The Hartford CourantSaturday's Memorial Day Parade will have a symbolic "grand marshal" representing the the 26 service members from town who died in conflicts from World War I to the Vietnam War. A riderless horse with a reversed boot in the stirrup, an ancient symbol of a...Tags: Shriners, Boy Scouts of America, Army National Guard, Arts and Culture, Festive Events
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Cannes documentary makers focus on Jackie Stewart, Pele and Ali
Reuters* Polanski's Stewart documentary resurrected 40 years later * Frears focuses on Ali's court battle over Vietnam War * Pele plans film on his life to "inspire new generation" By Mike Davidson CANNES, May 23 (Reuters) - Three years after "Senna", the...Tags: Rashied Ali, Satellite and Cable Service, Christopher Plummer, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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Guide to Memorial Day events in Orlando area
Through Tuesday Fallen Floridians Memorial Cross Tribute: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily; Lawton House, 200 W. Broadway St., Oviedo. More than 370 crosses will be on display, honoring Florida soldiers who have died while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Details:...Tags: Arts and Culture, Teresa Jacobs, Ocoee, Winter Garden, U.S. Department of Defense
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As it has since World War II, "Operation Cookie" deploys in South Pasadena
Volunteers in South Pasadena collected more than 30,000 cookies on Wednesday for delivery to hospitalized and disabled military veterans in time for Memorial Day weekend. Members of the Woman’s Club of South Pasadena have staged their annual...
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The triumph of progressivism: Graduation 2013 and 1968
Many of you soon-to-be college graduates are determined to make the world a better place. Some of you are choosing careers in public service or joining nonprofits or volunteering in your communities. But many of you are cynical about politics. You see...Tags: Social Issues, Education, Richard Nixon, Martin Luther King Jr., Philosophy
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North Shore veterans reflect on those who didn't come home
When Frank White was 23 years old, he was on a ship in the South Pacific, wishing away the torpedoes and kamikazes. "I was the oldest junior officer on the ship," said White, now 93, sitting on his back porch in Wilmette. "It was a young man's war."...
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Lloyd Waters: Remembering Sheila and Katherine Lyon
It was Good Friday in 1975. The Vietnam War was coming to an end, and I was going to school at Mount Saint Mary’s college in Emmittsburg during the day while working as a correction officer at the Maryland Correctional Institution at night. It...Tags: Easter, Kensington, Frostburg State University, Good Friday, The Herald-Mail
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Windber Memorial Day celebration set
The borough of Windber and the surrounding communities will celebrate Memorial Day with a parade at 10 a.m. Monday. The parade forms at 9:30 a.m. the American Legion Post No. 137. Memorial Day services will follow in Windber Veteran's Park. Inclement...Tags: Army National Guard, World War I (1914-1918), Science and Technology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Holidays
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Walker Delivers Pep Talk To State GOP
The Hartford Courant— Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin and hero to conservatives across the nation for his efforts to quash public employee unions, delivered a pep talk to Connecticut Republicans Monday night. Walker reminded the crowd at the state GOP's...Tags: Regional Authority, AIDS, Interior Policy, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate
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Man plans 200-plus mile walk across part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula to help fellow veterans
MUNISING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man plans to walk more than 200 miles across part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula as part of an effort to help fellow veterans. WHMI-FM reports (http://bit.ly/1911JcQ ) that Joe Ostervik of Howell plans to begin... -
Man plans walk across Michigan's UP for veterans
MUNISING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man plans to walk more than 200 miles across part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula as part of an effort to help fellow veterans. WHMI-FM reports that Joe Ostervik of Howell plans to begin "Joe's Operation Injured...
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