Following Rich's dad's death, Henry Patterson, in 2023, we received a veteran's flag from the funeral home honoring Dad's service in WWII. He served in the Navy and participated in D-Day in Normandy, ...

Press release submitted by Rock Island National Cemetery May 14, 2008 May 14, 2008Updated Apr 22, 2014 0 ...

The Rock Island National Cemetery will have a Veterans Day ceremony at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, at Committal Shelter 2, according to a news release. The keynote speaker will be Command Sgt. Maj ...

Henry Langrehr, a 98-year-old combat veteran of World War II, was one of the soldiers honored Friday at the Rock Island National Cemetery.

The Rock Island National Cemetery will participate in the national Wreaths Across America program and conduct a remembrance ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 11 a.m., at the cemetery.

ROCK ISLAND, ILL. -- (April 12, 2014) Lt. Louis Longman, of Clinton, Iowa -- "Looey" to his affectionate family -- went missing in a storm in a P-38J Lightning fighter plane in 1944 at age 26. His ...

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. — Researchers at St. Ambrose University are now wrapping up a three year project to honor veterans interred at the Rock Island National Cemetery. During that time, the ...