Last year on Memorial Day, Dean Stewart noticed that many of the flags marking the graves of veterans at Robinson鈥檚 Run Cemetery were falling over. Bob Moreau, superintendent of the McDonald graveyard, said Stewart offered a fix. 鈥淗e approached me and said he noticed a lot of the flag ...
Those who spoke Sunday at the National Cemetery for the Alleghenies shared a similar message: When celebrating Memorial Day remember those who gave their lives while fighting for their country. 鈥淭he biggest thing about Memorial Day is (to honor) those who died in combat,鈥� said Rocky ...
Not all wounds are visible, and perhaps no one understands this better than combat veterans who carry the invisible scars of trauma long after their service ends. According to the 2024 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report, an estimated 17 veterans take their own lives each day. ...
Hello, summertime. Memorial Day 鈥� the unofficial kickoff of the season 鈥� is here. Time to trade snow boots for swimsuits, fire up the backyard grill or hit the road for some well-deserved R&R. However you choose to spend the long weekend, don鈥檛 lose sight of the reason for the ...
AVELLA 鈥� Veterans who fought and died in combat were remembered across America Monday, and Orrin Guy Miller was one of them. Miller was raised on a farm in Jefferson Township, and he died over Hungary on July 24, 1944, just one month after his 26th birthday. Miller was on a bombing mission ...
The first Memorial Day was commemorated on May 30, 1868, just a little more than three years after the end of the Civil War. The scars left by the war still ran deep 鈥� between the Union and the Confederate states, 620,000 combatants lost their lives. In the early 1860s, that was a full 2% ...
