Memorial Day ceremony honors World War II service at church
Westminster Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids rededicated a World War II honor roll found hidden in a 150 year old building. The plaque lists 173 members who served, including three who died overseas, and was unveiled with song and prayer in the parlor at 1285 Third Ave SE.
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Cliff Jette
the Gazette
Ted Kahler
Luman Colton
Cedar Rapids
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Westminster
Third Ave
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Memorial Day speech by Orlan Love at Quasqueton Cemetery
Orlan Love, a Navy veteran and Gazette Outdoors columnist, delivers Memorial Day remarks at Quasqueton Cemetery, home to over 200 veterans including 66 Civil War dead. The town, founded in 1842, blends long history with a small population of about 550. The speech reflects on freedom and historical oppression.
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Orlan Love
Quasqueton Cemetery
Love
The
Gazette
Rebecca F. Miller
the Gazette
American Legion
Quasqueton
Painful path for families torn apart at the border
The piece covers a surge of grim headlines about migrant children separated from parents at the U S border. It notes a January policy by Attorney General Sessions to detain families separately and deters would be entrants, with Trump officials and aides framing it as a deterrent while critics cite harm to minors. Wendy Young of Kids in Need of Defense weighs in on the policy’s impact on unaccompanied youths and detention practices.
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Mexico
American Civil Liberties Union
Barack Obama
Jeff Sessions
MSNBC
Chris Hayes
White House
John Kelly
NPR
Sessions
Kelly
Donald Trump
United States
Trump
Kids In Need of Defense
Wendy Young
Washington Post
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