11+ hour, 11+ min ago  (223+ words) Ralph Henry Johnson was just 19 years old when he did the unthinkable. The Charleston native threw himself on a grenade that had been thrown into his fighting hole in Vietnam, sacrificing his own life to save fellow Marines. That's why…...

12+ hour, 55+ min ago  (414+ words) Memorial Day is a U. S. holiday that is officially about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it has come to signal the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of travel....

1+ hour, 32+ min ago  (989+ words) Cannabis at Amnesia Dispensary & Accessories in Albuquerque. GLENRIO " It seemed, for a moment, like this town was about to die a second death. Gabi Tuschak and her crew had already raised considerable sums of money. They bought close to 20 acres....

6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (571+ words) WORCESTER " Rain ponchos and umbrellas could not mask attendees' stars and stripes any more than the unrelenting showers could drown out the remembrances of those who died serving in the Armed Forces during Monday's Memorial Day ceremony, May 25 at Hope…...

2+ hour, 30+ min ago  (246+ words) SPARTANBURG, S. C. (WSPA) " The Spartanburg American Legion Post 28 held its annual Memorial Day ceremony, honoring hundreds of local heroes. It was a somber morning under cloudy skies as hundreds of fallen service members were recognized at the Veterans" Pointe Memorial in…...

14+ min ago  (200+ words) FAIRWAY, Kan. (KCTV) - A cemetery on Shawnee Mission Parkway became the site of a Memorial Day ceremony honoring the only recognized Revolutionary War patriot buried in Kansas. Sarah Ruddell Davis was honored during an America 250 wreath-laying ceremony hosted by the…...

12+ hour, 18+ min ago  (768+ words) WALCOTT, N. D. (North Dakota Monitor) " This year's Memorial Day brings more than the traditional salute to fallen service members in the community of Walcott, North Dakota. On Monday, residents will dedicate a new veterans memorial at the Walcott Cemetery. The memorial…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago  (136+ words) Harmon Park includes American Legion's monuments to fallen servicepeople of various wars. There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. - To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the…...

5+ hour, 9+ min ago  (994+ words) Freeman Johnson, who turned 106 in March, never witnessed the surprise attack. He never heard his shipmates firing anti-aircraft guns at the attacking planes " shooting down a torpedo plane. By the time he was topside, the St. Louis, a light cruiser,…...

1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (542+ words) Lacking the size and stature (and some would argue the majesty) of a bald eagle, a crow lets out screech and spreads its wings surrounded by the Stars and Stripes on Monday at Oakwood Memorial Park and Cemetery on Paul…...