Wreaths honor the heroes who defended freedom By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Thursday, December 9, 2010 Thousands of volunteers will gather at Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow to participate in a solemn annual rite of remembrance. The Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine, working in conjunction with Wreaths Across America, will donate approximately 20,000 [...]

By Paul Greenberg (Archive) · Friday, July 30, 2010 When someone who has earned the Medal of Honor enters a room, a hush follows, like waters opening. The stillness in his wake is palpable. Men are filled with more than admiration. The emotion is a mix of awe, envy and wonder. “Would I be capable [...]

May 31, 2010 – Memorial Day By Ed Hooper   The City of Yonkers, New York, has cancelled its Memorial Day Parade this year. What’s the news in this? The cause cited by city officials. It wasn’t lack of funds, of parade participants or of budget. It was simply that no one is showing up [...]

May 31, 2010 By Steve McCann A soldier, a small American flag on the shoulder of his jacket, slowly walks through the streets of a once-bustling city now lying in rubble. The still-upright walls, their windows and doors blown out, appear as skeletons framed by the blue sky. He steps carefully around the broken bricks [...]

May 31, 2010 By Lance Fairchok Memorial Day is a day of remembrance and respect for those who have given their lives for the freedoms that bless this nation. Most Americans no longer visit memorials and cemeteries; our nation’s wars do not touch them except for quick sound bites on the news. Fewer still actually [...]

May 31, 2010 By T.J. Woodard When I was a young seven-year-old, I noticed my neighbor’s mother crying. I learned that her brother-in-law, a helicopter pilot, had been killed in Vietnam. I felt bad about it, but to me, it was just a story. When I was a high school student, my Uncle Bob, a [...]

U.S. veterans return to Iwo Jima for 65th anniversary of World War II battle By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press Writer IWO JIMA, Japan March 3, 2010 (AP) Dozens of U.S. veterans, now in their 80s and 90s, returned to the remote volcanic island of Iwo Jima on Wednesday to mark the 65th anniversary of one [...]

Feb 13, 2010 (CNN) — One of America’s top World War II fighter pilots, an African-American who took on Nazis abroad and racism at home, was laid to rest Friday at Arlington National Cemetery. Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Lee A. Archer, one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, died last month in New York at [...]

Monday, December 07, 2009   PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii  —  Retired firefighter Ed Johann was a teenage apprentice seaman on Dec. 7, 1941, when he spotted Japanese planes coming in over Pearl Harbor. He thought they were U.S. aircraft conducting drills until explosions and flames erupted from stricken ships in the harbor. Then came screams of sailors; [...]