IBERIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) — Holding its annual Memorial Day Ceremony, the Iberia Veterans Association honors fallen soldiers in Downtown New Iberia. Percy Barrilleaux, an Army Veteran and President of ...
On May 1, 1865, newly freed slaves in Charleston, South Carolina, held a parade of 10,000 people to honor 257 dead Union soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave. The former slaves had unearthed ...
Memorial Day was always a special day for me, even as a child. It was a particularly important day of remembrance for my mother. Every year, she made sure we wore the commemorative red poppies to ...
Patriotism, solemn reflection and deep gratitude filled Hutchinson Square as people gathered for the 2025 Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony hosted by the Msgr. Richard C. Madden Knights of Columbus ...
Two hundred people gathered in a Houma museum for a ceremony of both sound and silence. It was a somber, respectful, collective mourning. For more than an hour, names of fallen soldiers were read ...
A 103-year-old war memorial has been painstakingly restored just in time for Remembrance Sunday. The Grade 1 listed Spalding War Memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the architect behind the ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- On this Memorial Day, the nation honors the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our country. Remembrance ceremonies were held across Louisville Monday.
A Memorial Day ceremony at the Regional Military Museum in Houma, Louisiana, honored fallen soldiers. Attendees rang a bell and observed a moment of silence for those they lost. The ceremony included ...