Biden honors war dead at Arlington on Memorial Day
June 1, 2021
The President remembered those who have fallen in service to America and honored them and their families.
Biden surfaces to mark Memorial Day
May 26, 2020
The former vice-president and Democratic candidate for president and his wife wore masks as they laid a wreath in Deleware.
Trump honors vets on Memorial Day
May 30, 2017
President Donald Trump on Monday expressed the nation’s “boundless” gratitude for the ultimate sacrifice paid by Americans defending the United States, dedicating his first Memorial
We must honor and remember, but…
May 29, 2017
My grandfather, Army private Walter McPeak fought in the trenches of Europe in World War I. He made it home and died at the VA
Memorial Day: A special time
May 26, 2017
Normally, I would be on my Harley this weekend, heading to Washington for the annual Rolling Thunder ride to remember those lost and unaccounted for in Vietnam.
This year is the 30th anniversary ride of Rolling Thunder but assignments and obligations keep me in Southwestern Virginia reporting on area events for my newspaper job.
I rode in the first Rolling Thunder on many others that followed. It is a special time.
Say what? A Memorial Day without war?
May 26, 2015
President Barack Obama heralded the first U.S. Memorial Day in 14 years without a major ground war in an annual ceremony of remembrance on Monday
Obama leads nation in celebrating Memorial Day
May 27, 2014
President Barack Obama led the nation in commemorating Memorial Day, declaring the United States has reached “a pivotal moment” in Afghanistan with the end of
Remembering and honoring those who served
May 26, 2014
Capitol Hill Blue founder Doug Thompson is also a photographer and filmmaker who has spent much of his career documenting history. “Over the years, I’ve
Furlough Fridays: Sorry, nobody’s home at U.S. government
May 25, 2013
No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing
Memorial Day
May 28, 2012
On Memorial Day, it should not matter if you are Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, independent or a political agnostic. It should not matter if you are