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Each Memorial Day, Arlington National Cemetery honors soldiers killed or wounded in the line of duty by placing a small American flag on their grave site. The service is called Flags In.
The annual Wreaths Across America began in 1992 when the Worcester Wreath Company started laying 20-inch diameter wreaths with a hand-tied red bow on [...]
The annual “A Midnight Clear” at the National Botanic Gardens recreates the monuments on the National Mall. This past weekend I took a stroll through the gardens and it was delightful. Besides all the holiday decorations, the display of multicolored poinsettias and tons of wide-eyed kids added to the holiday spirit.
The exhibit starts outside [...]
The 2007 Capitol Christmas tree in Washington, D.C. is decorated this year with 3,000 hand-made ornaments that are the handiwork of schoolchildren from across the country.
Personally, I think it’s far move attractive than this year’s National Christmas Tree, across from the White House. The decoration are ingenious and whimsical, many using recycled items, such [...]
Perhaps the most unrecognized heroes of the Vietnam War were the 256,000 women who served in the Army, Navy, and Air Force during the war years. Among them, 11,000, mostly nurses and medical specialists, served in-country and in or near combat zones.
Working mostly in military hospitals, aboard ships and with evacuation squadrons, these brave [...]
America’s 32nd and only 4 term President (1933-45), Franklin Delano Roosevelt led the nation out of the Great Depression and through most of World War II.
Growing up in upstate New York, FDR won a seat on the New York State Senate and later was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by President Woodrow [...]
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