City Honors Fallen Service Members, Gold Star Families During Annual Wreath Laying Ceremony at Daley Plaza

At Grant Park commemoration, veterans, families reflect on Memorial Day: 'Freedom is not free'

Community members and veterans gathered Monday morning near the statue of General John A. Logan in Grant Park to honor the nation’s fallen soldiers at the 29th annual Maj. Gen. John A. Logan Memorial Day Commemoration.The bronze statue, erected in 1897, honors Logan’s service as a Union commander during the Civil War and his later career as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. John Borling, founder…

Gold Star families honored in Memorial Day ceremony in downtown Tampa

On Memorial Day, Americans pay tribute to their military men and women who have died serving their country all over the world.

Gold star spouse honors late husband who died in the line of duty

Gold star spouse honors late husband who died in the line of duty 18 years ago.

Gold Star families honored at VA Hospital Memorial Day Ceremony

ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — The James E. Van Zandt Veterans Affairs Medical Center honored families who lost loved ones in combat with a Gold Star Memorial Plaque. The hour-long ceremony provided those families a chance to see the new plaque, in partnership with the Blair Garden Club, revealed to the public outside the Wall of Healing. The plaque marks the second one erected in the state of Pennsylvania, the first being in Patriot Park at the Flight 9…

City honors fallen service members, Gold Star families during annual Wreath Laying Ceremony at Daley Plaza

CHICAGO — The City of Chicago observed Memorial Day on Saturday during an annual Wreath Laying Ceremony at Daley Plaza and a subsequent parade along State Street. Mayor Brandon Johnson and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois honored fallen service members and their loved ones during a ceremony that included Gold Star families and representatives of the U.S. Marine Corps, Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. How one Des Plaines man honors ve…

Speech of GEN John F. Kelly to Gold Star Families

Every now and then we post something that doesn’t have anything to do with music, tech or policy.  At this time of year, I always think of those of our people who are walking a post far away in places we know about and don’t know about.  They are on watch for all of us, and if you believe the lyric in the Marine’s Hymn, they do it in this life and the next.  I would ask that we all think of them in this time and spend a few minutes listening to …