Pat Piasecki from Quilts of Valor presents a commemorative quilt to Vietnam veteran Douglas Borger during Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony at Palmerton Borough Park. Borger, who served in the U.S. Navy ...

The World War II veterans told Kressley “Stories of hardship, survival and unimaginable courage. Some had fought without proper gear. Some had gone days without food.” The most poignant memory for ...

Memorial Day services at the 20th Century Veterans Memorial are at 4 p.m. Bob Lowe, Marine Corps veteran and a member of the Veterans Memorial board of directors, will give the address.

First observed in 1868, Memorial Day – which is observed on the last Monday of May – honors those who have not only fought in the armed services but passed away during their service. “The purpose of ...

Memorial Day ceremonies in the Upper Perkiomen Valley began Monday morning with a prayer and a salute to veterans at the Veterans Memorial on Main Street in Red Hill. It was followed by a parade down ...

CASSADAGA — On Memorial Day, The Honor Guard of the Cassadaga American Legion Post 1280 paid tribute to fallen veterans in 12 cemeteries. Members of the Legion Honor Guard gathered at the Cassadaga ...

2026 Badger Girls Emilie Hurley and Madelynn Marx spoke about the meaning of Memorial Day before the Green Lake School Choir sang “In Flanders Field” by Roger Emerson. 2026 Badger Boys Deegan ...

CASSADAGA — On Memorial Day, The Honor Guard of the Cassadaga American Legion Post 1280 paid tribute to fallen veterans in 12 cemeteries. Members of the Legion Honor Guard gathered at the ...

While Memorial Day weekend was a cause for celebration for many visitors and locals in Buena Vista, on Monday a group led by members of the American Legion Post 55, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 66 ...

The story of the poppies was made famous by Canadian poet and soldier Lt. Col. John McCrae, who served as a surgeon in World War I. Poppies popped up in Flanders Field in Belgium after artillery ...

ASHLAND, Maine (WAGM) - Memorial Day Ceremonies were held throughout the county, and there was one group of people who held their ceremony in three different towns. Four service members and the entire ...

The day of, Gainesville’s chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars handed out plastic “Buddy” poppies and copy of the famous World War I poem “In Flanders Field,” which cemented the poppy as ...