Memorial Day News

The city's Recreation Board on Monday night approved implementing a flat fee structure for the Aquatic Center, scheduled to open on Memorial Day 2010.

The $10 and $20 surcharges that air travelers are paying this Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's are generating so much extra money that three airlines are extending them - and increasing them up to $50 - all the way to Memorial Day.

A Veteran's Day program was included when Ross Grange members met recently. The history was given and noted the difference between Memorial Day and Veteran's Day.

Children at Rebecca Blaylock Child Development Center on Graham Street perform a Veterans Day program.

Rep. Barry Loudermilk speaks at the Veteran's Day ceremony at Myrtle Hill Cemetery in downtown Rome Wednesday morning.

Looking for ways to teach what Veterans Day is all about? Free Veterans Day crafts, lesson plans and Veterans Day worksheets can be printed off, with detailed instructions on How To Fold a US Flag, Respecting the Flag, and The Pledge of Allegiance.

Bud Zorman's ninth-grade pre-advanced placement American history students at Mountain Home Junior High honored veterans Monday with a ceremony in the school yard.

Did you know that most Americans confuse Veterans Day with Memorial Day? Both holidays celebrate our veterans' service, but with one significant difference.

Editor's note: This is part of a weekly series published each Monday between Memorial Day and Veterans Day honoring local veterans.

The third annual visit of the Superbike World ChampionshipA to Utah will feature some unique changes and features, not the least of which is the fact that the races will take place on Memorial Day .

Monday, November 02, 2009 at 4:32 p.m. Prosecutor Donna Elder has one mission over the next few days: to prove Keion Griffin fired the bullet that killed CCU student Corey Brooks in May 2008.

Veterans Day is a federal holiday celebrated in the United States each November 11th.

The changes that Santa Fe Ride customers will notice most will be the hours of operation and service on holidays.

Monday, 26 October 2009 By Becky Polaski St. Marys resident Joe Penfield once again addressed members of City Council at their recent meeting regarding claims of police misconduct that he alleges occurred over Memorial Day weekend.

Although Kindness Counts, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, is a school-based community service group headquartered at Middlesex Middle School, the students have not performed their good deeds on an actual school day in the past six months.

Stevens Point could host a large-scale event next year to welcome Wisconsin troops home.

The Army's Steve Adams was one of many active service members taking part in the Veterans Day Parade in Antioch last year.

MANITOWOC - The City Council is scheduled to discuss Mayor Justin Nickels' first executive budget at its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in City Hall.

A former University of Alabama-Huntsville physics professor was sentenced to 45 years in prison for killing his wife and dumping her body in the Tennessee River.

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