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Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, and other local officials, including Mayor Bill Brand, veterans and military dignitaries also participated in the commemoration.

EYEwitness Tour Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum Experience the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum through stories from those most impacted by the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. John Kennedy is chair of the Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation. Part of the original 350-member Memorial Task Force and Mission Statement Committee today John leads the board of trustees in being guardians of this story. Take a private tour with Kennedy before the Museum opens a...

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Atlanta officials joined families of victims of the Atlanta Child Murders to unveil a new memorial honoring the lives lost.

By Garth Meyer An unforeseen, stuck flag at the top of a flagpole led to improvisation during the annual Redondo Beach Veterans Day ceremony…

In the late 1970s, a series of child abductions and murders in Atlanta left parents frightened. Now the city is testing new DNA evidence and erecting a memorial to the victims to bring their families some closure.

By Kevin Cody Based on his newspaper readings, Private First Class Joe Eskenazi wondered why Pearl Harbor was on a Class B, and not a Class A alert.

Jane Jayroe Gamble Bob Johnson has a great reputation as an attorney. I love it that he’s from the small town of Thomas, Oklahoma, and is married to Gennie. They both give generously of themselves to our community and their church.  History will no doubt give a lot of credit to Johnson for his leadership in a defining time for Oklahoma City following the bombing in 1995. Johnson and Kari Watkins have written an important book about the impact of that incident: “Looking Back. Th...

47abc February 1, 2021 SALISBURY, Md. – The City of Salisbury’s Lynching Memorial Task Force has been hard at work for just over a year now. Now they’re closing in on their memorial event. “There’s going to be emotion. I know that. Maybe there will be a little bit of anger. But we have to get through that, pull off that scab, and move toward healing. A true healing,” said President of the Wicomico County NAACP Dr. Brante’ Dashiell. The task force is working on memorializing the li...