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A $450,000 black steel fence with decorative finials is being built around the downtown War Memorial to help stop homeless men and women — some of whom are veterans — from sleeping on the steps under the Greek-inspired columns.

Obama puts U.S. security at risk by not committing military forces to Afghanistan after 2016

What Mr. Obama said at West Point, with the bark off, is that the U.S. must get off that "perpetual war footing" sometime if it is to get back to problems at home — and he intends to do what he can to see that happen, within the bounds of its global responsibilities.

The president defended a measured view of how U.S. foreign policy should be conducted that we believe most Americans share

War is constant because somebody makes a profit from it.

The memorial complex is a tribute to heroic sacrifice in one of America's darkest hours, but it also is a permanent reminder of national vulnerability.

Calls for the resignation of Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki over ridiculously excessive wait times for VA medical appointments and, moreover, for the falsification of data that would have illuminated these and related problems, while understandable, are reactionary — and will do little to address the VA's more deeply rooted problems. These problems are systemic in nature. Their solution will require a long term, strategic approach in addition to some strong-handed

NASA astronaut and Cockeysville native Reid Wiseman launched to the International Space Station.

Column presents history of Memorial Day, with items of interest in Laurel. The Laurel Chapter of the American Rosie the Riveter Association hosts guest speaker Bruce Hoener, of the Mid Atlantic Air Museum, at its June 28 meeting.

2nd annual event features 1,000 flags on 5-acre field at Charlestown

Wreaths, rifle salutes and speeches about storied military battles lent a somber tone to a sunny, breezy Memorial Day Monday morning at Havre de Grace's Millard Tydings Park, overlooking a Susquehanna River filled with sailboats and other craft.

Lt. Col. James B. Moore died in An Khe

The phrase "old soldiers never die; they just fade away," has long been a staple of soldiers' songs, and it was even uttered by famed Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

Memorial Day ceremonies are planned around Harford County today, Monday, to honor those who died in the defense of our country and our liberty.

The legal fight over a World War I memorial cross in Bladensburg is the latest front of a national battle over the separation of church and state.

With his fife's high-pitched notes soaring over enthusiastic throngs that gather each year to celebrate Memorial Day, Dave Embrey is an attention-getter.

This year's Memorial Day ceremony at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens will be the first since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the start of the long wars in Afghanistan in Iraq, in which there is no new Marylander killed overseas to add to the rolls.

Advocates for Patterson Park and Baltimore's legacy of the War of 1812 are planning to install new signs and display cases describing artifacts uncovered in an archaeological dig completed this month.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel told the newest batch of Navy and Marine Corps officers Friday that they'll be counted on to help stamp out sexual assault in the military.

Murray Blum, and his 12-year-old son, Jordan Blum will travel to Cambridge England around Memorial Day to witness the dedication of the Cambridge American Cemetery visitors center, where an exhibit honors the heroic deeds of Merchant Marine Lt. Murray Blum, who died trying to save another solder's life in World War II.

Harford County held a veterans' muster in Bel Air Saturday, an event designed to get Harford and Cecil county veterans connected with the appropriate services, as well as to honor veterans of the Vietnam War era and women who served during the World War II, Korean War and Vietnam eras.