Monday, May 31 at 9 AM
Friends of the National World War II Memorial will host a special morning event at the Independence Avenue, Southwest landmark, during which WWII veterans will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Freedom Wall. The commemoration is free and open to the public to attend in-person (registration required) or you can watch it on Facebook Live here.
The Military Women’s Memorial
Monday, May 31 at 4 PM
At the gateway to Arlington Cemetery, the Military Women’s Memorial will hold its own ceremony. The event is free and open to all, and features speakers from each branch of the military who will acknowledge the women who have died in service to the country by placing rose petals along the memorial.
Here’s what you should check out this holiday weekend:
True crime: Christina McDowell’s
The Cave Dwellers is a dark look at the privileged class of Washington elite, complete with a grisly murder plot based on the real “mansion murders” tragedy in 2015. Washingtonian politics and culture editor Rob Brunner talked to McDowell about how her own DC-area upbringing inspired this satire and why she decided to incorporate a real family’s trauma. The author will speak with former White House staffer Elias Alcantara in this virtual book event from Politics and Prose. Thursday 5/27 at 6 PM; Free, register here.
Run this town: As the weather begins to warm, you might be looking for opportunities to take your gym time in the fresh air. We’ve got suggestions for where to find outdoor workout classes.
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My title and this column’s proximity to May Fourth might have already given away the correct answer, but I have a quiz for you this week, a “guess who I’m talking about” riddle.
First clue. This person has been nominated for 52 Academy Awards, winning five; six Emmy Awards, winning three; 25 Golden Globe Awards, winning four; 71 Grammy Awards, winning 25. This person currently holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for a living person and is the second most nominated person in Academy Awards history, behind Walt Disney.
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Miles Jaye Texas Metro News & Garland Journal | 4/16/2021, 6 a.m. Iâm writing a book called âLife After the Village People - Tales From an Ex-Village People Cop.â In it, I share some of the uglier, more painful, make you wanna give up twists and turns. Courtesy Photo/NNPA
Until youâve reached the chapter called The End, there is always a next chapter to your life story. Many people get so caught up in the automation of their day- to-day existence as one thing or another, a schoolteacher, an accountant, a nurse or physician that they fail to consider what may come next.
Parkway High School Band already had plenty to toot its horn about. Now, it has six reasons more.
Parkway alumnus Jeffrey Weaver, Sr. (pictured in white) reached out with a jaw-dropping offer. He wanted to donate his late father’s half-dozen trumpets to the Pride of Pantherland Band.
Making the donation especially significant was the elder Weaver was a career musician in the military, serving 25 years in both the U.S. Navy Band and U.S. Air Force Band. He acquired and played the custom-made instruments during his stint in the service, one dating back to 1956.
Weaver could have easily sold them for a lot of money, but chose to put them in the hands of youth to foster their love of music. He presented the trumpets to the Pride of Pantherland Band at a school ceremony, where student musicians put on a patriotic performance as a tribute to his late father’s service.