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May 23, 2023 | 7:00 AM

PBS and an All-Star Cast Present the 34th Annual National Memorial Day Concert, Live From the U.S. Capitol

Commemorate Memorial Day and honor our armed forces with a concert at the Capitol.

By Christina Zeiders
September 11, 2022 | 6:28 AM

US marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

Victims’ relatives and dignitaries will convene Sunday at the places where hijacked jets crashed on Sept. 11, 2001.

By Jennifer Peltz and Karen Matthews/The Associated Press
August 8, 2022 | 9:14 AM

His hometown didn’t have a veterans memorial, so this teen built one himself

Olivia, Minnesota didn’t have a veterans memorial, so an Eagle Scout decided to take action.

By Nell Clark/NPR

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May 4, 2021 | 10:41 AM

Architect behind World Trade Center memorial to redesign Tree of Life synagogue

Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Myers said the new space is the beginning of the synagogue’s efforts to create a “Makom Kodesh,” a safe space for the community.

By Lucy Perkins/WESA
January 20, 2021 | 5:46 AM

‘We must remember’: Biden, Harris memorialize COVID-19 victims

President-elect Joe Biden addressed a grieving nation on Tuesday after the United States had earlier in the day passed 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus.

By Alana Wise/NPR
May 26, 2020 | 5:07 AM

War memorial in Pittsburgh vandalized on Memorial Day eve

The statue of a World War I doughboy in the city's Lawrenceville neighborhood was splashed with red paint.
By The Associated Press
April 23, 2019 | 4:50 AM

Game Changers: Pennsylvania Women Who Made History / The Reuben Garnett, Jr. Memorial Bridge

By Smart Talk
July 30, 2018 | 4:34 AM

‘A sweet soul’: Biglerville alumni soccer game pays tribute to flooding victim

By Dustin B. Levy/The Hanover Evening Sun
July 4, 2018 | 6:47 PM

Hearts, flowers and bike mark where bicyclist was killed in York

By Ted Czech/The York Daily Record
June 23, 2018 | 10:40 AM

Almost 100 years later, Gettysburg to honor last battlefield deaths

By Dustin B. Levy/The Hanover Evening Sun
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