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SYLMAR - A geophysicist believes he has solved a mystery that has confounded generations of Valley historians for years: how many people are buried at the historic Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, the region's second-oldest burial ground. Brian Damiata has identified at least 210 graves at the cemetery, where for decades, unconfirmed reports and rumors listed the number of burials as up to 750. The cemetery was the burial site for many of the Valley's early settlers in the late 19th and early 20th century, but many of the graves are now unmarked after years of vandalism and theft.
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Before it became a federal holiday that kicks off the summer months, Memorial Day was also known as Decoration Day, a day when family members visited cemeteries to clean loved ones gravesites and plant or lay flowers. The tradition originated after the American Civil War as a day to honor the fallen soldiers. Eventually, the cleaning and decorating extended to family members. Its a tradition thats fallen out of favor among many, but still has meaning to others. Kim Lannan and her father, Guy Yackway, of St. Albans, faithfully visit their familys graves on Memorial Day. They take flowers to 38 gravesites in three cemeteries, including family members Lannan never knew, those she remembers and friends shes lost. As a child, Lannan lived with her Italian grandmother, Rose Yackaway (Lannan d...
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NOTE: The President spoke at 11:09 a.m. In his remarks, he referred to Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands; Mayor H.J.G. (Harrie) van Veers of Margraten, the Netherlands; Gen. James L. Jones, USMC, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; Gen. Frederick M. Franks, Jr., USA, (Ret.), Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission; and Frank Schwind, Superintendent, Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial.
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Three years after the end of World War II, some 4,000 Twin City residents participated in Memorial Day commemorations at various local cemeteries, with many lining downtown Bloomington streets for the annual parade. For most, life was slowly returning to normal, though the pain remained of that decade's more than 330 McLean County dead, lost in the far-flung battlefields of Europe and the Pacific. All was well then on May 31, 1948, when a memorial service at Bloomington Cemetery (now called Evergreen Memorial Cemetery) was suddenly interrupted by a deadly plane crash.
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Lawsuit Filed to Combat Government's Censorship of Pastor's Prayer HOUSTON, May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Liberty Institute filed a federal lawsuit requesting a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and its Director of the Houston National Cemetery from prohibiting Pastor Scott Rainey from referencing Jesus during his invocation at a Memorial Day ceremony sponsored by the National Cemetery Council for Greater Houston where he was invited to speak.
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Gov. Susana Martinez will be among speakers at a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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For Pat McIntyre, Memorial Day is about more than the unofficial start of summer or an extra day off work. McIntyre is one of the few remaining Pearl Harbor survivors in the Mid-South, and Monday he joined more than 200 people during a Memorial Day service at Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home in Southaven.
