One of the earliest Memorial Day observances occurred on May 1, 1865. Organized by freed slaves and white missionaries.

Dr. Anderson-Rhodes is the first Black woman to be a chief medical officer in the Memorial Healthcare System ... way and inspired her to continue a family mission of helping others.

However, 60% still said that Memorial Day is primarily about honoring fallen service members, though opinions varied greatly based on age. A large majority of those aged 60 and above, 76%, said ...

On Memorial Day, with the last major ... A Missing Naval Officer in the Pacific and His Family’s Quest to Bring Him Home.” It began, she told me, with “a single, faded black and white photograph of my ...

The Venice Japanese American Monument Memorial ... white obelisk spell ‘I REI TO’ which means, Tower to Console the Dead. The VJAMM Committee wanted to echo the obelisk, but in solid black ...

FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY. YOU CAN SEE THE MEMORIAL HERE THE WAY THAT IS SET UP, YOU SEE ALL THE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS OF ALL THE 17 VICTIMS WHOSE LIVES WERE TRAGICALLY TAKEN ON THAT DAY AND LATER ...