Pride in past valor may be best expressed in the St. Crispin’s Day speech from “Henry V” (Act IV, Scene iii), delivered by the young king on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt.

Today, “Happy” is not the right sentiment for the holiday. Be happy, enjoy the day, enjoy your friends and family, but remember, saying “Happy Memorial Day” is a little off.

Posted: May 23, 2025 | Last updated: May 23, 2025 U.S. Air Force veteran and current member of the Wethersfield Police Department, officer Peter McGee discusses significance Memorial Day.

Eighty-one years after Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, the heroics and sacrifices of those soldiers are remembered and honored. The D-Day invasion, the largest seaborne invasion ...

"It's about remembering the people over the generations and over 1 million men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for all of us; that's what were out here to remember," Petersen said.

Remembering those who gave everything, Memorial Day ceremony Ethan Schurman WDIO Updated: May 26, 2025 - 4:18 PM Published: May 26, 2025 - 12:04 PM ...

BEDFORD, VA – 81 years after D-Day, the veterans are fewer, but the purpose remains. “Fewer and fewer of these heroic men are here to receive our thanks and to tell their story of a day that ...

Remembering my greatest hero (my father) on Memorial Day | Izenberg Updated: May. 26, 2025, 8:01 a.m. | Published: May. 26, 2025, 8:00 a.m.

This 2018 photo shows the World War I "doughboy" sculpture in the Ogden Cemetery. Sometime during this Memorial Day weekend, I suspect many of us will spend some time in a cemetery.