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Memorial Day is Monday, and several local events have been planned to honor service members who have lost their life in the line of duty.

Editor’s note: This article was submitted by Jeff French, vice commander of the Floyd Lyng American Legion Post 723, Copenhagen.

Thomas Ray “Tom” Wratchford, 75, a resident of Parsons, West Virginia, departed this life Wednesday evening, May 24, 2023, at the Davis Medical Center Emerg

Memorial Day Services for Craig and Steamboat Springs

My wife Anne and I celebrated the Fourth of July early this year when we buried her brother, Jimmy, with full military honors in a tiny cemetery outside Scranton, Pennsylvania.   It didn’t matter that Jimmy was “only” a draftee and served in Alaska, where he manned a radar station, rather than Vietnam. What was important was that he was one of 40 million Americans, men and women, who have defended freedom in our nation’s history. He was entitled to a final tribute from the country he lo...

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Mayor Charles Lombardi says he’s happy to announce that this year’s Memorial Day Parade will be filled with all-time favorites as well as new features.

South Prairie sophomore Gracie Rauschenberger achieved national success by placing ninth in the Veteran of Foreign Wars’ audio-essay program, Voice of Democra

California was home to over 30 thriving Japantowns, but after World War II when Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps, Japantowns began to disappear.

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Veterans of Foreign War post 889 members honored a tired American flag that flew for years over Venture High School in a flag retirement ceremony Wednesday.