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Opinion
‘Snapshot of their memories:’ Gold Star widow reflects on Memorial Day
Army 1st Lt. Doyle M. Hufstedler was killed by an improvised explosive device in Iraq in 2004. He was 25.
By Leslie Hufstedler-Alvarez
Latest "memorial day" stories
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Memorial Day is for those we’ve lost, on the battlefield and at home
Suicide has become an epidemic in the veteran community. But it is a problem we can strive to solve, by connecting with each other.
By John Byrnes, Concerned Veterans for America
‘Embrace the Suck’–Life as a Gold Star child is a race with no finish
Gold Star daughter Bailey remembers her father, Army Maj. Michael Donahue, lost in Afghanistan in 2014.
By Bailey Donahue
Memorial Day help needed at Arlington after record flower donations
Just last week, the Memorial Day Flowers Foundation was not sure if they’d be able to put a flower at little more than 80,000 graves.
By Zamone Perez
From Civil War to mattress sales, Memorial Day full of contradiction
Memorial Day is a time to mourn the nation’s fallen troops, but has also been about taking time off, since the 1860s.
Sharing pride in their service, pain over their loss
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By Maj. Gen. Mark A. Graham (ret.)