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Celebrating 300: Illinois National Guard holds big birthday bash in Springfield
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was a birthday celebration 300 years in the making, one that not even a little bit of rain could...
Remains of Illinois soldier killed in Korean War to be laid to rest
WFLD via Yahoo News· 1 month agoELWOOD, Ill. - The remains of an Illinois soldier killed during the Korean War will be laid to rest...
Remains of an Illinois soldier who died during WWII at a Japanese POW camp identified, military says
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 2 months agoELWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Military scientists have identified the remains of an Illinois soldier who died...
Central IL honors fallen servicemembers on Memorial Day
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoCENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Monday was a solemn day in Central Illinois national cemeteries as people...
Scouts decorate veterans' graves at Camp Butler with flags for Memorial Day
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoScouts from across central Illinois descended on Camp Butler National Cemetery Saturday for their...
At least 80 families received wrong remains from southwest Illinois funeral home
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe wrong cremains were buried in a national cemetery. Bodies cremated under the wrong name. The...
Illinois soldier laid to rest 74 years after Korean War death
WFLD via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoELWOOD, Ill. - The remains of an Illinois soldier were laid to rest on Wednesday, 74 years after he passed away in the Korean War. Army Private First Class Bryan Myers, 21, died in September ...
Illinois veterans’ remains finally come home from Pearl Harbor after the Navy identifies them using...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn a cemetery amid the cornfields of downstate Illinois last month, a military honor guard fired shots in salute before the remains of World War II veteran Keith Tipsword was lowered into the ...
These are the most haunted places in every state
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe Taos Pueblo Cemetery with original San Geronimo Church in the background in Taos, N.M., on Sunday, April 16, 2023. Taos Pueblo is the only living...
What tales do the dead speak of in Sioux Falls?
Argus Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCemeteries tend to be a place of quiet reflection. Stone benches sometimes double as headstones and meandering paths let families walk among the ones who...