Discriminated against in life, they were forgotten by their community in death, buried in unmarked graves in the back of the Alta Vista Cemetery in Gainesville, Georgia. The final resting places of the 1,146 black souls who once lived and worked there were anonymous. Though loved ones may have initially marked the spots with a … Continue reading
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The day after a gunman opened fire on a country music festival from a high-rise Las Vegas hotel, a local landscaper was at City Hall with an idea for remembering the 58 people killed in the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. Jay Pleggenkuhle (PLAY-ghen-kool) of Stonerose Landscapes said he thought … Continue reading
PHOENIX (AP) — Survivors of the mass shooting that left former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords severely wounded are pleading with the public to help pay for a long-planned memorial after state funding fell through during this year’s session of the Arizona Legislature. The Jan. 8, 2011, shooting at a Giffords meet-and-greet event outside a grocery … Continue reading
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The opening of a memorial for a Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people more than a decade ago is being delayed and will not open this weekend as scheduled, organizers announced Monday. The foundation working to build the memorial at the site of The Station fire said construction on … Continue reading
CAIRO (AP) — Friends, family and diplomats held a memorial ceremony Friday at a Cairo church for an Italian student whose body was found this week, nine days after he disappeared from the streets of the Egyptian capital. The circumstances of the killing of 28-year-old Giulio Regeni remained murky. He disappeared on Jan. 25, the … Continue reading
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — As a Catholic Pole, Elka shouldn’t even have been in the ghetto of Czestochowa, in southern Poland. But the nanny was so devoted to the 12-year-old Jewish boy she had raised since infancy that she refused to leave. She ended up being sent to the Treblinka death camp — where she … Continue reading
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is marking the fifth anniversary of the plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 members of his presidential entourage on a visit to Russia, the worst catastrophe to strike the Polish state since World War II and an event that deepened historical strains between the two Slavic neighbors. … Continue reading
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — The father of an international aid worker killed while being held captive by Islamic State militants read a moving letter at his daughter’s hometown memorial service Saturday March 8, recounting her discovery that her life’s purpose was to ease the suffering of others. Kayla Mueller’s father paused to regain his composure … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va – Jon Hatfield, Executive Director at Virginia War Memorial, and bestselling author and Richmond native David L. Robbins are teaming up to host ‘The Mighty Pen Project,’ an opportunity for military veterans to share their stories. ‘The Mighty Pen Project’ is a ten-week seminar open to those who served in the military and … Continue reading
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