Special grave site care and headstone cleaning are almost always up to the family. But for families who live a distance from ...

May 23 instead of on Memorial Day. The event starts with a memorial service in the Ferry and Clas chapel, followed by a wreath-laying ceremony in the Garden of Honor. Guests can also enjoy stories ...

We’ve been visiting family and neighbors. The people who keep up the cemetery at Seneca make sure there are flowers on every grave and ...

On Monday, May 26, the Village of Mount Gilead gathered in solemn remembrance to honor the men and women who gave their lives ...

If an opinionated old guy from southern Iowa delivered the recent commencement address at the United States Military Academy, my message would have contrasted with the one given by another opinionated ...

Wreaths, flowers, and sentimental items at gravesites in Fort Dodge city cemeteries and not in permanent vases must be removed today as the annual Memorial Day clean up begins. The city-owned ...

For more information, call VFW Commander Ron Wood at (530) 310-0428. Veterans graves are decorated with flags and flowers for Memorial Day at Diamond Crest Cemetery.

On May 26, 1900, the Geneva Daily Times told its readers the Union veterans would not parade on Memorial Day. The local ...

The Gladbrook American Legion and Auxiliary and Lincoln AMVETS hosted the annual Memorial Day Services this past Monday at 15 ...

Storm clouds in the sky and rain in the forecast may have discouraged some, but area residents still showed up for the annual Memorial Day program at the Alva Municipal Cemetery on Monday. The program ...

As a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter hovered offshore and lowered a rescue swimmer to place a ceremonial wreath in the ocean ...