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Afghan war dead, a senseless waste
The Memorial Day listing of those U.S. servicemen and women who died in Afghanistan over the past year hit me with the same numb despair that I remember feeling when I first saw the black granite Vietnam Memorial. The solemn reality of the Afghan War's...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Afghanistan, Memorial Day, International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions
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Memorial Day in Fallston: many graves, wars apart
Never comfortable talking about death and ambivalent about war, I spent a few hours of my Memorial Day holiday walking through my Fallston neighborhood and visiting two local cemeteries, perhaps trying to make some sense of it all. As I walked by...Tags: Memorial Day, World War I (1914-1918), World War II (1939-1945), Wars and Interventions, Holidays
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'Skip' Amass leads the charge for Westminster's 145th Memorial Day observance
Not long after the sun comes up on Memorial Day, and hours before Westminster's 145th Memorial Day parade kicks off at 9:30 a.m., Arnold "Skip" Amass will be on site, helping set up the TV cameras and tying up last-minute loose ends. Most of all, he'll...
Tags: Relay for Life, Cancer, Carroll County (Maryland), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, World War I (1914-1918)
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Emotions run high as Maryland Army National Guard unit deploys
Chief Warrant Officer Joshua Chason held his 3-week-old daughter, Kuiper, as long as he could as she slept peacefully. The next time he picks her up, she will be a year older.
Chason is part of a 60-member Maryland Army National Guard unit that...Tags: Skype, Army National Guard, Glen Burnie, Christianity, Havre de Grace
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Havre de Grace mayor: "These casualties have faces"
"Today is a somber day of reflection," reminded Havre de Grace Mayor Wayne Dougherty on Monday morning, standing before a crowd assembled at Millard Tydings Memorial Park for the city's annual Memorial Day observance. Dougherty and city other officials...
Tags: Havre de Grace, Spanish-American War, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Memorial Day
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Remembering duty, service and 'lost human potential'
There were many moving moments during Monday's annual Memorial Day Ceremony at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, in Timonium. The program included nearly two hours of musical selections by military bands and choral groups and prayers, along with...
Tags: Memorial Day, Biography (genre), International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, Holidays
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Protecting the land by developing it?
A developer claims he would be "protecting the land" by building up to 400 houses in conservation land near Bird River ("Battle lines form over site near bay" May 25). He must use the same logic as the Vietnam War officer who explained that it was... -
Alexander Ludlum "Lud" Michaux Jr., career officer in Marines
Alexander Ludlum "Lud" Michaux Jr., a decorated career Marine Corps officer who fought in three wars and later presided over the transformation of McDonogh School into a coeducational institution, died May 20 of heart failure at Brightview Mays Chapel...Tags: Anglicanism, Christianity, College Sports, Financial Aid, Fort McHenry
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Westminster's Matthew Seidler among honorees at Memorial Day observance
It was less than six years ago that Matthew Seidler accepted his diploma as a member of Westminster High School's Class of 2006. He is recalled by classmates as a good friend, serious worker and talented artist and video production student. It was...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Health and Safety at School, Army National Guard, Memorial Day, Timonium
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Eagle Archive: For Memorial Day, we recall a fallen soldier who made sure we remembered others
On Monday, May 28, Carroll County will mark its 145th annual observance of Memorial Day with an expanded parade and ceremonies at the Westminster Cemetery. In 1967, our community noted the 100th anniversary of Westminster's Memorial Day observances....Tags: Sociology, Memorial Day, University of Maryland, College Park, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Korean War (1950-1953)
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Four days of tribute and activity for Westminster's 145th Memorial Day observance
The 145th consecutive Memorial Day observance in Westminster is being planned as a four-day event, May 25-28, with numerous activities to honor and pay tribute to veterans. The celebration, sponsored by the American Legion Post 31, has been coordinated...Tags: Energy Saving, Climbing, Passenger Cars, U.S. Navy, Memorial Day
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First black Naval Academy graduate dies
The first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy has died, according to an announcement from the school Wednesday.
Wesley Brown started at the academy in 1945, after the first five black men to attend failed to complete their first year...Tags: United States Naval Academy, Graduation, World War II (1939-1945), Howard University, Korean War (1950-1953)
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