MEMORIAL DAY

We must honor every veteran

For a number of years, my cousin and I have headed out before Memorial Day laden with wreaths and flowers and flags to decorate the graves of parents, grandparents and even great-great grandparents in small country cemeteries, many of which no longer have active churches.

By Donna McMaster , June 12, 2010

Only one Memorial Day fatality in North Dakota

BISMARCK – North Dakota Highway Patrol troopers handed out more tickets over the long Memorial Day weekend than they did last year, but drunken driving arrests were stable and fatalities were down.

By Associated Press , June 03, 2010

Fighting a silent war

As Memorial Day ceremonies honor veterans, awareness raised of post-traumatic stress disorder
Suicide is killing more soldiers than actual combat, Dan Stenvold, North Dakota Vietnam Veterans of America president, told spectators at a Memorial Day ceremony Monday at Riverside Cemetery in Fargo.
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By Tracy Frank , June 01, 2010

Biden honors fallen troops; Obama talk rained out

ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden hailed America's fighting men and women Monday as the "spine of this nation," while President Barack Obama's Land of Lincoln tribute got washed out by a severe thunderstorm and high winds.

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Writer , May 31, 2010

Fargo-Moorhead area honors veterans, fallen soldiers with Memorial Day ceremonies

American flags flapped in the breeze, festooned headstones and adorned shirt pockets as people honored veterans and remembered fallen soldiers at Memorial Day parades and ceremonies across the Fargo-Moorhead area this morning.

By Tracy Frank , May 31, 2010

Forum editorial: Take time to honor the fallen

The admonitions are the same every Memorial Day weekend: It’s not just the start of the summer recreation season. It’s not just another long weekend at the lake or for puttering in the yard. It’s more important. Indeed, Memorial Day is one of the most profound national observances on the calendar.

May 31, 2010

For some, every day is Memorial Day

CHICAGO – Memorial Day is a tough one for parents who have lost a child in Iraq and Afghanistan. But then, all days are tough. Birthdays. Anniversaries. Family gatherings.

By McClatchy Newspapers , May 31, 2010

Memorial Day observances planned

The following is a list of scheduled area Memorial Day observances:

West Fargo: A program will be held from 11 a.m. to noon at the West Fargo VFW. For more information, call (701) 282-4728.

By Forum staff reports , May 31, 2010

Eagle Scout’s dog-tag tribute is more than just names

Andrew Paul Nelson, Eagle Scout, never met Andrew Paul Nelson, soldier. Still, the two young men with the same name had a few other things in common. Both grew up in Moorhead. Both were known as good kids. And both were active in scouting.
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May 31, 2010

Lind: Honoring family’s military service

Lawrence and Bertina Peterson’s family of 11 children was raised in Mapes and Lakota, N.D. Eight of those kids were boys, and seven of them served in the military during World War II.

By Bob Lind , May 31, 2010

Portraits: Daryl Best

Daryl Best will be wearing his dress blues as he commands the West Fargo VFW Post 7564 Color Guard for this morning’s Memorial Day program in West Fargo. Best served in the U.S. Navy from 1964-67 on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and watched aircraft leave the carrier as they flew missions over Vietnam.

By David Samson , May 31, 2010

Ahlin: Appropriate military change on Memorial Day weekend

To my mother, Memorial Day always was “Decoration Day.” Indeed, although the term “Decoration Day” dated to early post-Civil War days, the name “Memorial Day” wasn’t used commonly until after World War II and didn’t become the official name by federal law until 1967. No matter; when I was growing up, it sounded like an old-fashioned term to me.

By Jane Ahlin , May 30, 2010

Zaleski: Dad, uncles rarely talked about war

When I was young, Memorial Day weekend meant either a trip to Connecticut beaches or to one of the state’s forested inland parks. But one year my father and his brothers, all veterans of World War II or Korea, decided to gather the family at my Uncle Stan’s farm for a picnic and target shooting against the mountain that rose up a couple of hundred yards behind the house.

By Jack Zaleski , May 30, 2010

A site to remember: Soldiers honored at Fort Abercrombie, though they rest far away

FORT ABERCROMBIE, N.D. - The rustic wooden stockades and blockhouses of this windswept frontier army post form the backdrop for annual Memorial Day ceremonies to honor the nation’s fallen soldiers.

By Patrick Springer , May 30, 2010

Boyer Lake spills onto Highway 10

Motorists heading to Minnesota lakes country on Memorial Day weekend take note: High water on Boyer Lake could slow traffic due to lane closures on Highway 10 between Lake Park and Audubon.
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By Patrick Springer , May 29, 2010