Speaker honors veterans at Portales Memorial Day service
First Lt. Daniel Zablotsky stationed at Cannon Air Force Base told Portales crowd the military spurred water purification, safer air travel, and bridge construction. The 30 minute ceremony at Portales Cemetery included national anthem, remarks by Joe Blair, a Gold Star Mothers tribute, poetry, and Taps. Memorial Day origins trace to 1863 in Columbus Mississippi.
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Baghdad car bomb kills four and wounds twenty five
A car bomb near coalition headquarters in Baghdad's Harithiyah district killed four people and wounded 25 as U S and Iraqi forces tried to manage rioting crowds. The attack, possibly aimed at blocking the transfer of power, killed Sabiha Aref, 72, sister of former Iraqi presidents.
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Bush Kerry salute veterans at Arlington Memorial Day event
President Bush declared America safer because of its fighting forces as Senator Kerry visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in somber tributes. The scene mixed remembrance with a parade on Independence Avenue and opening ceremonies for the National World War II Memorial.
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New monument marks holiday in New Mexico
Memorial Day ceremonies spanned Angel Fire Albuquerque and Clovis as veterans honors highlighted by a new Clovis memorial listing 170 names since 1916. The $6,500 granite memorial, funded by donors, recalls World War I veterans and pays tribute to those who died in Iraq Afghanistan and other conflicts.
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