First of it's kind monument for living veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq confi...

DERRY, NH - May 26, 2008 is the date in which a first of it's kind memorial was unveiled at MacGregor park in Derry, NH.  Derry, which is not unfamiliar with the national spotlight during the US Presidential...

CNN quick poll, a sign of the times

Memorial Day 2008, CNN has this quick poll on their website.Is it a sign of the times that only 35% of Americans honor dead troops?Do any of the 60% who relax and grill ALSO honor troops with a prayer or moment of silence during their holiday meal?Is it growing dislike of the...

Feeling Time Deprived on Memorial Day? Time is In Our Hands

Since Memorial Day marks the beginning of the summer season here in the U.S what could be a better topic than Time, the perceived lack of it and the pressures it brings into our daily life.A day like today should be a chance for idle time but might instead turn into cramming...

Honor American Heroes This Weekend

Forget about the Memorial Day sale at the local furniture store or opening weekend at the theme park. Do something more meaningful instead; visit one of our nation’s military cemeteries this Memorial Day weekend...

New Exhibit: Holocaust Yellow Badge In Art

 Thirty artists will present their Holocaust-Yellow-Badge-in-Art-Works on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, (Yom Hashoah), April 30th 2008, at Beit Igal Alon in Safed under the auspices of Safed Mayor Yishai...

A Grim Memorial

"mourning AP Photo / Charles Rex Arbogast Anthony Martini of Chicago mourns his brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Philip Martini, at a Memorial Day weekend display in the city’s Grant Park, where 3,400 pairs of combat...

Memorial Day 2007 - Just shut up today, George. You've already said too much.

Memorial Day 2007A shameful legacy  Never has a president of the United States done so little for so many and left so many dead in his oblivious wake. May God grant all our war dead a quiet rest.May God save the United States of America from Boy George Bush, his...

Don't be Sly! Dance to the Music with 'The French Fries'

Ever heard of a French version of "Dance to the Music' by Sly & The Family Stone...Here it is by none others than 'The French Fries'...a fun story. You might even be the hippest of the hipsters if you can put your hands on a copy of the track and play it at your Memorial...

Bolder Boulder 2006

On May 29, 2006 more than 46,000 people participated in Boulder, Colorado’s 28th Memorial Day road race, Bolder Boulder.  The University of Colorado Folsom Stadium roared with applause as Sara Slattery, a CU...

Memorial Day Truth: There Is No "War on Terror" (Pachacutec/Firedoglake)

"Memorial Day Truth: There Is No "War on Terror"  —  There is no "War on Terror."  —  There is, however, a "war" on the U. S. Constitution.  —  After September 11, 2001, we've learned that we can take a punch and move on. ...

Memorial Day - DOES REMEMBRANCE matter? The Greek playwright ... (Washington...

"Memorial Day  —  DOES REMEMBRANCE matter?  The Greek playwright Aeschylus was the author of dozens of works, and while most of them are lost to us, his "Oresteia" trilogy and "Seven Against Thebes" are among those that survive as jewels of world...

Happy Memorial Day, spend some time with your loved ones

" I wasn't sure which of the guys on Better Bad News he is, turns out he's none of them. There is a picture of him in this interview, but it's a very old pic, he doesn't really look like that today. One of...

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