Police say speed contributed to a young man’s death in a motorcycle crash Saturday in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County. He, another motorcyclist and a Camaro driver “rapidly accelerated” when a traffic light turned from red to green, police said. Travis West, of Portsmouth, died after the fiery crash at about 10:15 a.m. on Jeff Todd Way,. Woodbridge Dec 12, 2020
A Woodbridge, Virginia, man is charged with making secret video recordings of several people, including minors, in the men’s restroom of the food court at the Fort Belvoir Army installation in Virginia. According to charging documents, Christian Yanez recorded images of naked body parts of people using the men’s room in December 2019 and January 2020, without the…
On Nov. 11, the National Museum of the United States Army celebrated its grand opening.
The museum project was a joint effort between the U.S. Army and the Army Historical Foundation. The Army Corps of Engineers built the infrastructure, roads and utilities, and the foundation raised the private funds to design and build the museum at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C.
The museum offers multiple galleries that honor 30 million American soldiers who have served during more than 245 years of Army history. The galleries showcase many time periods, including the Colonial period, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the Global Wars – World Wars I and II, the Cold War, the Vietnam conflict and the War on Terror.
By RICH LADEN | The Gazette | Published: February 8, 2021 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Tribune News Service) The Olympic Games might have been postponed in 2020, but the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum still won the equivalent of a gold medal. The venue, which opened last summer in downtown Colorado Springs, was named this month as the nation s best new attraction for 2020 by USA Today. The 60,000-square-foot museum honors the Olympic and Paralympic movements and their athletes through artifacts, displays and exhibits. Its cutting-edge technology such as mobile apps, video captions, audio description tracks and universal keypads guide visitors through the Olympic and Paralympic experience.
Wreaths across America’s 2021 theme
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Each year, millions of Americans come together to REMEMBER the fallen, HONOR those that serve and their families, and TEACH the next generation about the value of freedom. This gathering of volunteers and patriots takes place in local and national cemeteries in all 50 states - most recently at more than 2,500 participating locations - as part of National Wreaths Across America Day. Each year, a new theme is chosen to help volunteers and supporters focus their messaging and outreach in their own communities. Today, the national nonprofit announces the theme for 2021 is “Live up to their legacy.”
Live Up to Their Legacy is 2021 theme
A young Wreaths Across America volunteer prays at the headstone of a fallen service member. SUBMITTED PHOTO January 24, 2021
Each year, National Wreaths Across America Day brings together millions of Americans to remember the fallen, honor those who serve and their families, and teach the next generation about the value of freedom.
This gathering of volunteers and patriots takes place in local and national cemeteries in all 50 states and most recently at more than 2,500 participating locations. Each year, a new theme is chosen to help volunteers and supporters focus their messaging and outreach in their own communities, and the theme for 2021 is Live Up to Their Legacy.