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This year Memorial Day is Monday, May 27. In the U.S. this holiday falls on the last Monday in May.Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who died in service to our country. Here is a word sea...
5/24/13 at 12:13 PM Memorial Day 5/23/13 at 9:06 AM
Memorial Day Resources 5/20/13 at 9:20 AM
Lazarus the Bee
The last weekend in May has always been touted as the celebration of life. In the USA, we honor our fallen war veterans through Memorial Day and reflect on how the soldiers gave their lives for thei...
5/31/12 at 4:28 PM
Memorial Day: It’s not just another holiday for new second lieutenant
Memorial Day this year was special in more ways than one for Brenna Goodman, a third-generation service member who graduated from UND earlier this month as a newly commissioned second lieutenant thr...
5/29/12 at 7:46 AM
Remembrance...
Remembrance...it is more than just a word, it is a commitment. Today let us rememberall who gave of themselves for this country. We have lost so many men and woman in the defense of democracy and huma...
5/28/12 at 8:37 AM Counting ourselves lucky... 5/31/11 at 11:38 AM
A Soliloquy for the Soldiers 5/30/11 at 7:59 AM
Holiday Weekend
Thank you to our troops past and present. We hope everyone has a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend. And it's a huge weekend for racing with the Indy 500 and the Coke 600... who are your picks to be ...
5/26/12 at 11:47 AM
Triple Smoke Burger
Memorial Day is just around the corner. The unofficial kickoff to summer is the day when a lot of people break out their grill for the first time. And you can bet that there will be a lot of burgers o...
5/18/12 at 2:38 PM Memorial Day Hot Dogs 5/27/10 at 3:18 AM
Coming Home
(Highlanding, Minnesota is a former townsite near the city of Goodridge-about 17 miles east of Thief River Falls, Minnesota.GN) Recently, a soldiers remains were identified as that of Corporal James ...
7/21/11 at 12:26 PM
Perspective
A week after the very memorable Memorial Day windstorm, it is time for a little perspective. The highest measured wind gust was 72 mph at the airport. Damage around town suggests local wind gusts perh...
6/8/11 at 1:26 PM Memorial Day Weather 5/26/09 at 3:36 AM
Day is gone, gone the sun . . . . . . . .
Day is done, gone the sun, From the lake, from the hills, from the sky; All is well, safely rest, God is nigh. Thanks and praise, for our days, 'Neath the sun, 'neath the stars, neath the sky; As we ...
5/29/11 at 7:32 PM Son -- do you have to be so old? 5/28/10 at 3:19 PM
Help wanted: A blogger to write about military heroes
"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous" - Albert Einstein. That isone of my all time favorite quotations and something Ithink about today as we approach Memorial Day and I look back on ...
5/27/11 at 11:29 AM
Remembering the dead
By the time the Civil War ended in 1865, the United States had sustained severe casualties, with the total number of dead soldiers estimated at 620,000. It has been our deadliest war, pitting family ...
5/27/11 at 12:00 AM
one last Memorial Day quickie
My day ends about 10PM and I was thinking of the Earth Day mantra from a few years back that 'everyday is Earth Day'...sorry, but that's not worthy. Everyday should be Memorial Day. God bless and good...
5/31/10 at 3:22 PM 2010 Memorial Day 5/31/10 at 12:40 AM
Memorial Day is everyday 5/25/09 at 4:00 AM
Avenue of Flags in Detroit Lakes, MN
The Avenue of Flags is on display every Memorial Day and Veterans Day at Oak Grove Cemetery in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. This project began in 1991 with 43 Veterans Burial Flags. As of Veterans...
5/31/10 at 1:59 AM
A weekend blitz
With the saying "Make hay while the sun shines" at the forefront of our minds, my family and I are planning to get a lot of outside work completed this weekend. Mowing, we...
5/28/10 at 10:40 AM
