The service men and women of this nation tirelessly serve to protect us and our freedom on a daily basis, whether this service is at home or abroad. One of the ways we thank them is by providing them with a final resting place for them and their spouses at no cost to them. Yesterday, […]
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Veterans memorial completed at Brookdale Cemetery
Honoring our veterans and their sacrifices is different for everyone. Sometimes it’s a simple thank you while standing in line behind a veteran at the grocery store while other times it’s a full blown parade on Veterans or Memorial Day. Cemeteries honor their veterans by placing small American flags at the headstones of the veterans […]
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MIA World War II veteran is coming home
Many brave men and women volunteer to serve our nation so that we might continue to live under the freedoms we cherish today. They do all this knowing that they may end up laying down their lives for that freedom. Tragically, some never return home and are considered missing in action, leaving families behind to question what […]
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Arlington National Cemetery to expand
Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA is one of the nation’s most sacred locations and is the final resting place of over 400,000 men and women who have served in the military. The cemetery’s history goes all the way back to the Civil War and is even the final resting place of “Confederate Gen. Robert […]
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A mystery solved and a WWII love story revealed
Friends and families ones often leave tributes in remembrance of their deceased loved ones at their graves. Normally flowers, sometimes trinkets or notes, and veterans receive flags. For years, Brian Cutler’s family would visit the graves of his father and uncle for memorial day, and every year, flowers were left at his uncle’s grave but […]
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Database created to honor fallen service members
On this Memorial Day, we remember those brave men and women who laid down their lives for our country so that we may enjoy the freedoms we hold so dear today. Among the simple acts of remembrance of these servicemen and women is placing an American flag at their gravesite. The Kiwanis Club of Edinburg, […]
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Monument for Vietnam helicopter crews coming to Arlington National Cemetery
After three years of bipartisan congressional wrangling, a monument honoring those who serves as helicopter pilots and crew members during the Vietnam war is coming to Arlington National Cemetery through the Vietnam Helicopter Crew Monument Act. The monument’s inception began in 2014 when the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association reached out to Arlington National Cemetery to discuss […]
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Wreaths Across America in Need of Assistance
Every year for the past 25 years, Wreaths Across America has donated their time to placing a wreath on the headstone of fallen service men and women at Arlington National Cemetery. This year, however, the organization may fall short. Donations are down this year and the organization only has enough wreaths to cover half the […]
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First Four Service Members Laid to Rest in Omaha National Cemetery
We have been following the story of the new Omaha National Cemetery, located in Omaha, Nebraska. The cemetery is the final resting place for service men and women, their spouses, and eligible dependents at no charge. The cemetery had its dedication in August and on September 27, 2016, the cemetery interred its first four service members. Of […]
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Ceremony set for new Omaha National Cemetery for veterans
This week will mark the dedication of the new Omaha National Cemetery. The cemetery will serve the burial needs for more than 112,000 honorably discharged military veterans, their spouses, and eligible dependents at no charge. The first phase of the project is to complete an initial 60 acres, which will provide burial options for the […]
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