Memorials

PHOTOS: Darrell Issa Wants To Delay Ike Mem'l Action

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 06.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the House Oversight Committee is asking for further delay in approving the planned Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial near th...

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National Monument to Peace and Peacemakers

Warren J. Blumenfeld | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Washington DC, Politics, Memorials, Monuments, Peacemakers, Peace, Vietnam Memorial, Martin Luther King, DC News

The United States embodies a beautiful and noble concept, a vibrant idea, a vital and enduring vision. While we as a country may be involved in a process and a progression toward that vision, we have not yet attained and reached it. The country is, rather, still a work in process.

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The Secularization of the MLK Monument

Ken Blackwell | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King, Mlk, Martin Luther King Memorial, National Mall, Christianity, Memorials, Monuments, Secularism, Politics News

Even though Dr. King was a Baptist minister and his history-altering speeches about civil liberties are saturated with references to natural rights and profound theological constructs, all 14 quotes carefully etched into his stone monument completely eschew references to God.

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Visiting Santiago's Parque Por La Paz

BJ R. Siasoco | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Santiago, Chile, Parque Por La Paz, Travel, Memorials, Peace, Travel News

The park was a living embodiment of the healing many in this country are still going through.

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Sailors Who Survived Pearl Harbor Attack Returned To Ships After Death

AP | AUDREY McAVOY | Posted 02.05.2012

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HONOLULU (Associated Press) -- Lee Soucy, who lived to be 90 after surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor, is finally back with his shipmates 70 years l...

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Crazy Horse Memorial Gets Funding

AP | DIRK LAMMERS | Posted 01.23.2012

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Fundraising for the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota has hit the $5 million goal set by a philanthropist who agreed to ...

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Flight 587 Crash 10th Anniversary Commemorated In NYC

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 01.12.2012

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NEW YORK — For a few anguished hours on Nov. 12, 2001, Americans still in shock over the 9/11 attacks watched television footage of the blazing ...

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PHOTOS: Top 10 Veterans Day Destinations

Cheapflights | Posted 01.11.2012

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If you're looking for a new way to honor the nearly 25 million United States vets this coming Veterans Day, consider a trip to one of these profound memorials, museums and battlefields in cities across the country.

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Is Berlin The Most Interesting City In Europe?

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted 11.28.2011

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The city's creative scene is permeated by an unmistakable sense of exploration and risk-taking.

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Dr. King's Misleading Memorial Inscription Is in Good Company

Tim Krepp | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Memorials, Martin Luther King, Rachel Manteuffel, Mlk Memorial, National Mall, Dc Around Town, Korean War Casualties, Martin Luther King Memorial, Mlk, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, DC News

Memorials on the Mall (and elsewhere for that matter) have an at best imperfect track record on accuracy.

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The Greatest "Heritage Site" of All

Robert Eisenman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jews, Jerusalem, Memorials, Israel, World News

Jews know how to commemorate the dead, but do they know how to commemorate the living?

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Columbine Memorial: Clean It Up

Jeff Kass | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Columbine, Columbine Memorial, Memorials, Rocky Mountain News, Kirsten Kreiling, Columbine Memorial Foundation, Denver News

Memorials, like any other structure, need to be maintained. So it should be no surprise that I got an e-mail the other week from the Columbine Memorial Foundation. She is seeking volunteers.

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Oil Tears

Sara Whitman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq War Dead, Arizona War Memorial, Memorials, Pearl Harbor, US Soldiers, War in Afghanistan, War, Afghan War Dead, Healthy Living News

Boat? Not really anymore. Try graveyard. Try 1,177 dead men lying just below our feet.

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BCelebrated -- A Revolutionary New Approach to Death and Life

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Funerals, Memorials, California, The Inner Life, Living, Death, Bcelebrated, Healthy Living News

Bcelebrated allows individuals, families and friends to get the information and images and music and wishes all together well before death comes knocking at the door.

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Leo

Margarita Alarcon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Manhattan, 1960s, Civil Rights Movement, Memorials, Leo Orris, Cuban Missile Crisis, New York City, Obituaries, Havana, Cuba, New York News

For years Dr. Leo Orris and his family would be our sanctuary, our conversations, our endless nights of discussions where themes would range from the history of SDS and SNICC to how to end the Vietnam War.

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