memorial day
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Some of the most poignant moments during the May 28th commemoration came in a presentation called "The Loved and Lost" — saluting the seven Marylanders who died in Afghanistan or elsewhere overseas between April 2011 and February of this year. - Some of the most poignant moments during the May 28th commemoration came in a presentation called "The Loved and Lost" — saluting the seven Marylanders who died in Afghanistan or elsewhere overseas between April 2011 and February of this year.
- On Monday afternoon, though, the magic dust was nowhere to be found. The Terps delivered their worst offensive performance in more than a decade, and fell to No. 1 seed Loyola, 9-3, in the national championship game.
- Veterans, active duty troops, families and supporters gathered amid the flags and the grave markers at Dulaney Valley to remember the Maryland service members killed over the last year.
- 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.
- People celebrate Memorial Day at a ceremony in Shamrock Park.
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- When you thank the living on the day meant to honor the dead, it¿s a little bit awkward for everyone involved.
- Baltimore police barricaded a block after a domestic incident in which a woman was injured.
- Eight Tibetan monks associated with the Dalai Lama are coming to Baltimore for a variety of activities, including ay several yoga studios in Hampden and Mount Washington, a Divine Life church service on Falls Road and an assembly and lunch at Roland Park Country, the girls school, which is where we will catch up with them. Jon Sham will be shooting video and stills.
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- Keswick community hold Memorial Day picnic with bike and baby parades
- After dropping the rubber match, 4-2, to the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon before an announced crowd of 33,919, the Orioles (29-19) have now lost five of seven games as they embark on a tough road trip to Toronto, Tampa Bay and Boston.
- One hundred residents joined elected and American Legion officials at the Wayside Cross in Towson to commemorate Memorial Day on Sunday afternoon.
- Former Navy, Army coach urges Americans to remember significance behind holiday weekend
- Atlantic City's newest resort is betting on attracting leisure-seeking vacationers rather than gamblers on an overnight jaunt
- WESTMINSTER — The 145th observance of the Memorial Day parade and ceremony in Westminster will be available for viewing on Carroll County's cable channel 19 and online at the Community Media Center website, www.CarrollMediaCenter.org.
- SYKESVILLE — The Sykesville American Legion Post 223 will host an event to commemorate Memorial Day on Monday, May 28.
- A powerful stench was in the air at the Inner Harbor Saturday, as 12-year-olds Alison Chase and Marissa Westerbeke hunched over the water's edge, studying tiny crabs floating to the surface.
- Yet this Monday, May 28, Airman 1st Class Matthew Seidler will be remembered on the first Memorial Day since his death in January, while serving his country in Afghanistan.
- Organization reaches out to area youth through fly fishing
- Ironically and tragically, it was one year after Westminster's 100th Memorial day observance that Air National Guard Lt. Col. Sherman E. Flanagan Jr., 38, a Westminster attorney — and a member of the 100th anniversary committee — was shot down and killed while flying a mission.
- The father-son owners of Carol's Western Wear in Glen Burnie are so attached to the legend of John Wayne that they know his boot size and preference for plain brown with a squared-off toe.
- It wasn't for the national championship this time, but the Maryland and Northwestern women's lacrosse teams staged another classic NCAA tournament showdown Friday night at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.
- As the Orioles opened their three-game series against the Kansas City Royals on Friday night at Camden Yards, right-hander Jason Hammel recaptured his stellar form of earlier this season and the O's big inning was fueled by two Baltimore base-running blunders.
- Eight people were shot — including six struck in two triple shootings — Thursday night in Baltimore, an "intolerable" burst of violence that police said would spur extra patrols ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
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- A 19-year-old North Carolina Marine was found dead in his Fort Meade barracks room Wednesday.
- 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.
- 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 television cameras and tying up last-minute loose ends.
- The gang at Mission BBQ is inviting the public to have lunch with a group of World War II veterans visting from California.
- West Towson Elementary students were named Patriots and Defenders for their work in learning American history at the school's Memorial Day celebration Friday
- The Howard County Police Department launches a volunteer mounted patrol, of 12 riders and horses, for Memorial Day weekend.
- Weekend activities: Kid-produced Healthy Harbor video on TV; Loch Raven fest offers chance to see where our water comes from
- Forecasters are predicting sunny skies in Ocean City for the start to summer Memorial Day weekend.
- Veterans and those serving honored by Hereford High School at Memorial Day service
- During this Memorial Day weekend, we urge all Americans to reflect on what it truly means to live in freedom and to honor the debt of gratitude we owe those serving in the armed forces for the sacrifices made in the defense of liberty.
- The Memorial Day weekend is a great time to pick up a book about the men and women who have helped preserve America's freedoms
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- Ocean City tourism leaders and businesses are optimistic tourists will come in greater numbers and with more to spend in summer 2012.
- Pending approval of the county school board, Havre de Grace High School Principal Patricia Walling is expected to become principal of John Archer School at the end of the school year and will be replaced by James Reynolds, currently an assistant principal at Bel Air High School.
- Memorial Day weekend's beach-bound should remember to pack the essentials — including a bicycle or two
- Dead fish seen in Inner Harbor, by Fort McHenry, as officials say Chesapeake Bay waters discolored by algae south of Annapolis.
- Health officials say heat stroke, exhaustion common in high heat
