Memorial Day

A woman remembers her brother on Memorial Day at Los Angeles National Cemetery.

Acknowledging a soldier’s sacrifice

Memorial Day | On Memorial Day I wheeled my mother through the twists and turns of Hillside Cemetery in Ardsely, Pa., and she remarked that there was no one there. Nor was there a bouquet by a headstone to be found. Her observation…

Soldiers place flags at Arlington National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day.

Globe Trot: On this Memorial Day …

Memorial Day |  We remember the nearly 7,000 families who have lost loved ones in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for…

HONORING HIS SON: Don Lipstein at his home with a memorial to Joshua.
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Casualties of war

Military |  Alarming suicide rates among combat veterans prompt action in the military and in ministries

The bloodiest day
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The bloodiest day

Memorial Day |  The Civil War produced more than 600,000 deaths: Ten percent of all males 20-45 years old in the North, and 30 percent of all white males 18-40 years old in…

To hell and back
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To hell and back

Memorial Day |  On Sept. 7, 1944, Edward Treski received a lifetime dose of perspective

Humbled through warfare
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Humbled through warfare

Memorial Day |  U.S. Marine commander Donovan Campbell and his unit, Joker One, had a street-level view of war in Iraq

Veterans reenlist
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Veterans reenlist

Memorial Day |  American Legion joins legal defense groups to battle ACLU incursions against memorials

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