Memorial Day opening honors WWII veterans at new National Mall monument
Washington D C crowds gather as the World War II Memorial opens after 15 years of planning. Thousands tour the arches and Rainbow Pool with granite pillars for each state and territory and 4000 gold stars on the Freedom Wall. Veterans share stories while families place flowers and photos, celebrating gratitude and remembrance.
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U.S
Senting
Pa- Najaf
Iraq
Ralph Morang
Rmorang
Harold Whitehouse
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Washington, D.C
Dedication of World War II Monument Praised by Bush
President Bush quotes celebrate the World War II monument dedication, praising a generation for wartime sacrifice and heroism. He notes the memorial will symbolize America’s enduring values and liberty for mankind while acknowledging the debt to those who fought and worked.
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York veterans remembered with new York site
York Maine launches a Veterans Cemetery Mapping Project on its town site to locate and identify York veterans buried in town cemeteries. The database, begun in 2001 after a Maine law, lets users search by name rank conflict and cemetery, reflecting local history and Memorial Day observances.
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Chase
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Maine Infantry
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Weare
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Yorkmaine.org
Planning Department
Brett Hoar
Geographic Information System
Virginia Spiller
Eliot memorial day parade honors veterans and community leaders
Eliot Maine runs a Memorial Day parade and services starting at 9 a.m. from Eliot Elementary to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, honoring 102-year-old Louise MacDonald and Corrine Carignan with civic awards. Navy Marine honor guard escorts Eliot officials, scouts, athletes, and firefighters as Marshwood High School band plays. Dorothy Polando offers invocation, Rosemary Staples sings, Carl Koch reads.
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Dana Norton
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Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Louise MacDonald
Corrine Carignan
MacDonald
Eliot Boston
Carignan
Fabyan Drake
Marshwood High
Casey Goodwin
Dorothy Polando
Daedalius Chapter
Air Force Pilots
Study Finds Driving Adds Inches to Waistlines
A survey of 10,500 metro Atlanta residents shows that every extra 30 minutes of daily driving raises obesity risk by about 3 percent versus those with less driving. The study links sedentary commuting with widening waistlines amid the national obesity epidemic.
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Metro Atlanta
Winnicut herring benefit from improved fish ladder
Greenland residents witness the Winnicut River spring herring runs as New Hampshire Fish and Game technician Mike Dionne and team monitor multiple Seacoast rivers. They sample scales and lengths during peak spawning to gauge population stability, noting each river peaks at different times.
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Winnicut
Mike Dionne
New Hampshire Fish and Game
Dionne
Newmarket
Winnicut River
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