The commission acquired the World War memorial site in a lease arrangement with the city of Crown Point a dozen years ago to honor 1,200 Lake County soldiers who lost their lives in the two conflicts.

Traditional Memorial Day Ceremony A solemn moment tonight along Duluth’s lake walk for veterans, their families and the public. For those who don’t know, May 30th is the traditional Memorial Day.

Flamboyant, dapper pioneering politician and war hero remembered: The late Charles Rangel, who died on Memorial Day at the age of 94, was remembered fondly by Brooklyn Democratic leadership this week.

News Military Washington State Veterans Cemetery honors remains of unclaimed veterans, including Civil War soldier at annual Memorial Day Service May 26, 2025 Updated Mon., May 26, 2025 at 10:06 p.m.

More than 1M men and women have died in military service since the Civil War Brock and Toni Creekmore visit the Memorial Vietnam Travelling Wall in Clermont on Sunday, May 25, at Waterfront Park.

Rangel, a noted Korean War hero and civil rights activist, was born on June 11, 1930, in Harlem and earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Star with Valor during military service.

Lake View Cemetery holds a special connection to Memorial Day. Established in 1869, its first burial in early 1870 was Civil War veteran Captain George DeForest. President James A. Garfield, who ...

How has Memorial Day changed? Dennis said Memorial Day’s potency diminished somewhat with the addition of Armistice Day, which marked World War I’s end on Nov. 11, 1918. Armistice Day became a ...

The memorial pays tribute to the 209,145 Black soldiers who fought as part of the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War; brave men whose stories deserve to be told.

Mason City Veterans Memorial Association will hold Memorial Day services at 9:15 a.m. at Central Park on Monday, May 26, with a march to Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery. The Clear ...

Members of Henry Casey Camp 92 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) conducted a Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony at the Sugar Grove Cemetery grave site of Brigadier General Azariah Doan.

Now, he's making history. Simien is not the first Black mayor of Lake Charles. The first was Lake Charles District C Council member Rodney Geyen, who served as the city's 27th mayor for 4 1/2 months.