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Memorial Day 2024: The Meaning & History of the Holiday
Parade via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMany Americans mark Memorial Day with an official moment of remembrance at...Memorial Day speech at...
He once guarded the unknown soldier in Ottawa. Now he is championing N.L.'s unknown
CBC via Yahoo News· 7 days ago(Terry Roberts/CBC)When a tomb of the unknown soldier is established at the National War Memorial in...
Why Do Conservatives Who Claim To Love The Military Support Someone Who Doesn't?
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe real Memorial Day, May 30, falls squarely between last Thursday, when many...its rightful...
On This Day, May 29: Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay summit Everest
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMore than 1,000 people died in what is the largest maritime accident in Canadian peacetime history....
Special bronze DAR 250 Patriots Marker to be dedicated Memorial Day at TPWM Center
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoAccording to the DAR website, The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded...
Events to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day begin
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe initiative aims to commemorate Canadian piper Bill Millin, who played bagpipes as he led the 1st...We're doing very little in comparison to those who...
After more than 100 years, Newfoundland's unknown soldier returns home - ABC17NEWS
ABC17 NEWS· 4 days agoWith hearses, a plane and a fighter jet escort, a one-of-a-kind repatriation has returned the soldier back to St. John’s. He will eventually be entombed at the National < ...
History of Memorial Day
KFGO· 4 days agoMemorial Day in America, as an annual observance, can be traced back to the end of the Civil War, a war in whi...
Andover remembers the war dead with annual ritual
The Lewiston Sun Journal· 2 days agoMemorial Day was remembered with a Memorial Day service on Andover Common. Also remembered were two men from World War I and six from ...
Exploring One Of Canada’s Latest, Greatest Urban Escapes
Forbes· 4 days agoOttawa flaunts a variety of cool cultural attractions and outdoor adventure experiences, plus a...