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The Tillamook High School performance choir wrapped a strong year with a fourth-place finish at the state tournament in Corvallis on May 3.

Learn more about the history of Memorial Day with these important facts about the federal holiday. This year, Memorial Day falls on May 27, 2024.

Members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 180 and the American Legion Post 180 family in Great Bend invite the public to honor our fallen warriors and contribute to the continuing needs of our veterans by wearing a red poppy for Memorial Day. Let every American wear a memorial poppy and let everyone pause, if only for a moment, on Memorial Day, to honor those who have given their lives that we may be free. Handmade crepe paper poppies will be available for a donation.

Members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 180 and the American Legion Post 180 family in Great Bend invite the public to honor our fallen warriors and contribute to the continuing needs of our veterans by wearing a red poppy for Memorial Day. Let every American wear a memorial poppy and let everyone pause, if only for a moment, on Memorial Day, to honor those who have given their lives that we may be free. Handmade crepe paper poppies will be available for a donation.

Honor our fallen warriors and contribute to the continuing needs of our veterans on National Poppy Day®, May 24. American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Unit 121 distributes red poppies in exchange

During World War !, in the year of 1915, there was an exceptionally horrific battle known as the Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium. During this battle, the use of poison gas by the German Army devastated the Allied troops. Dr. John McCrae, who was part of the Canadian Field Artillery Unit, had a friend, Alexis Helmer who was part of the 18,000 Canadians that were killed in that battle. During Helmers burial service, McCrae wrote the first few lines of the poem Flanders Fields. The poppies are a re...

Memorial Day events in the Lehigh Valley

Veterans are provided various sorts of services from American Legion Post 76. It begins with collecting donations for poppies, the funds of which go to a veteran fund for the

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When I saw a day roaming a World War I site on the itinerary, the word ‘boring’ came to mind. Now I think every Australian needs to visit it.