It happens twice a year with predictable precision. In May, flags appear along streets and in cemeteries, fluttering in the late spring breeze. In November, parades form, speeches echo, and “Thank you ...

Guest speaker was Legion member Allan Lial, now a resident of Twain Harte, who thanked attendees for taking time out of their ...

More than a hundred people gathered for the annual Memorial Day celebration in the town of Lake Lure Monday. It was both a time to honor those who serve, and the ...

Ceremonies were held throughout the county, and there was one group of people who held their ceremony in three different ...

The Patterson family visits Sacramento Valley National Cemetery to honor their father, a Vietnam War veteran, emphasizing Memorial Day's true purpose.

In this age of cuts to the VA, insults to veterans and the assault on our history, what are we really trying to remember?

I spend part of Memorial Day at an annual ceremony in Alexandria honoring city residents killed or missing in Vietnam. I get ...

Memorial Day arrives with parades, barbecues, car sales and a day off from work. But for those of us in uniform, the day ...

Therapy that relies on metrics and data does not help veterans who are struggling with chronic and complex PTSD get better.

Veterans Day, on the other hand ... started during World War I and inspired by Canadian soldier John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915. In Flanders Fields In Flanders ...

A recorded poem by Pro Football Hall of Fame coach and World War II veteran Marv Levy played over the loudspeakers, concluding with the stanza: “I’ll remember that time when we went off to war.

It differs from Veterans Day, which honors all who have served in ... for our country following the publication of the wartime poem 'In Flanders Fields.' The poem was written by Lt.