Family, friends honor fallen Vietnam hero - Citizen's Voice
28 May 2012, 2:39 am
DALLAS - As Mary Nice looked up at her brother's picture on the banner declaring him a "Hometown Hero," she couldn't resist a smile, although her eyes were misty with unshed tears. "It's an honor," she said as her daughter Mary Lynn and grandson ...

Today, honor fallen, but learn, too - Nashville Tennessean
28 May 2012, 2:10 am
As I returned to Washington a few days ago, the plane I was on flew down the Potomac River from the north to land at Reagan National Airport. Passing Arlington National Cemetery, the pilot made his final lineup for touchdown by dipping the right ...

For Franchitti, honor, glory and an Indy 500 victory - Long Beach Press-Telegram
28 May 2012, 1:06 am
INDIANAPOLIS - Dario Franchitti stamped his name in the record books, the latest three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. But this was not about Franchitti: It was all for Dan Wheldon. Franchitti won a wheel-to-wheel, last-lap battle Sunday ...

honor’ primed for Met Mile - New York Post
27 May 2012, 11:26 pm
It took To honor and Serve a while to fulfill the promise he showed as a 2-year-old, but the son of Bernardini has made up for lost time. He closed out his 3-year-old campaign winning three of his last four starts, including the Pennsylvania Derby and ...

Memorial Day Quotes: Politicians honor Armed Forces On National Holiday (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post
27 May 2012, 11:26 pm
On the last Monday in May, Americans celebrate Memorial Day to remember the men and women of the armed forces and give thanks for their sacrifices. Originally known as Decoration Day, the holiday dates back to the 1860s, when it was a day of ...

honor flights needed here - Florida Times-Union
27 May 2012, 11:11 pm
What could be a better tribute than to fly elderly veterans to visit Washington memorials in their honor? Imagine a veteran of the Iraq War pushing a World War II veteran in a wheelchair. It has to bring tears to your eyes. And it has.

Lohmann: Memorial Rifles honor the fallen - Richmond Times-Dispatch
27 May 2012, 10:43 pm
Back in the 1990s, R. Dean Decker and a few buddies from American Legion Post 84 detected what appeared to be an opportunity to do something good. Besides active military, they discovered, there didn't seem to be many groups available to perform ...

Memorial Day Organizing: 5 Social Campaigns to Help and honor U.S. Veterans - Forbes
27 May 2012, 2:50 pm
Parades, flags, baseball and hotdogs and start-of-summer commercial advertising. Yeah it’s Memorial Day. And while images of soldiers and patriotic bunting has become a wafer-thin gesture to “honor our heroes” as we kick off the outdoor ...

Niagara honor Roll / Achievers and achievements - Buffalo News
27 May 2012, 7:05 am
Dr. Timothy G. Murphy has been appointed director of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center’s osteopathic family medicine residency program, the hospital announced. Murphy, a graduate of Buffalo State College, will take over the post June 18.

Judge sends honor student to jail for missing school - Raw Story
26 May 2012, 10:27 am
A Houston-area teenager has been jailed and fined for missing school by a judge who hopes to make an example of her. 17-year-old Diane Tran is working two jobs while taking advanced placement and dual credit courses at Willis High School in ...