Memorials

FILE- In this Sept. 18, 2016 photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, center, attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran. A U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport on Friday Jan. 3, 2020 killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force. Soleimani was considered the architect of Iran's policy in Syria. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

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Irish unity group mourns Qassem Soleimani: ‘May his faithful soul be at the right hand of God’

Zach Halaschak · January 6, 2020 3:29 pm

A Gay Pride flag flies outside the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, following a "Thanksgiving and Remembrance of Matthew Shepard" service. The ashes of Matthew Shepard, whose brutal murder in the 1990s became a rallying cry for the gay rights movement, will be laid to rest in Washington National Cathedral.

National Cathedral dedicates plaque honoring hate crime victim Matthew Shepard

Zach Halaschak · December 4, 2019 9:29 pm

A Coalition member hangs an 81-millimeter mortar prior to launching it at a known ISIS location near the Iraqi-Syrian border. The Coalition provided fire support and air strikes to assist the Syrian Democratic Forces as they continued Operation Roundup, the military offensive to destroy ISIS east of the Euphrates River.

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‘One more legacy’: How veterans joined forces to create a Global War on Terrorism Memorial

Russ Read · November 13, 2019 5:26 pm

President Donald Trump puts his hand over his heart during a wreath laying ceremony at the opening ceremony of the New York City Veterans Day Parade in New York, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.

'Lock him up!': Trump’s Veterans Day visit to NYC met with protests

Zach Halaschak · November 11, 2019 2:31 pm

University of Virginia ending 21-gun salute over potential 'panic' by students

John Gage · November 11, 2019 1:20 pm

Reagan statue dedicated at US Embassy in Berlin

Zach Halaschak · November 9, 2019 1:21 pm

Relatives of late dictator Gen. Francisco Franco carry his coffin at Mingorrubio's cemetery, outskirts of Madrid, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Spain has exhumed the remains of Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco Franco from his grandiose mausoleum outside Madrid and flown them by helicopter for reburial in a small family crypt north of the capital. The government-ordered, closed-door operation on Thursday satisfies a decades-old desire of many in Spain who considered the vainglorious mausoleum that Franco built an affront to the tens of thousands who died in Spain's Civil War and his subsequent regime as well as to Spain's standing as a modern democratic state.

Spain removes body of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco from ornate mausoleum after 44 years

Zach Halaschak · October 24, 2019 2:58 pm

FILE - In this April 11, 2011 file photo shows Gwen Ifill attends the New York Women in Communications' 2011 Matrix Awards in New York. PBS NewsHour" has named Ifill and Judy Woodruff as co-anchors and co-managing editors of the weeknight broadcast.

Late PBS anchor Gwen Ifill to be commemorated on postage stamp

Zach Halaschak · October 22, 2019 7:06 pm

FILE - This undated portrait shows Emmett Till. The government is still investigating the brutal slaying of the black teenager that helped spur the civil rights movement more than 60 years ago. A Justice Department report issued to Congress about civil rights cold case investigations lists the 1955 slaying of 14-year-old Till as being among the unitâs active cases. Till, who was from Chicago, was abducted and beaten to death hours after he whistled at a white woman while visiting Mississippi. His body was found in a river days later.

Glass, steel, and cameras added to bulletproof memorial to Emmett Till after vandalism

Zach Halaschak · October 21, 2019 7:01 pm

Son of 9/11 victim slams Ilhan Omar at NYC remembrance event: ‘Show respect in honoring them’

Julio Rosas · September 11, 2019 3:34 pm

Capt. Erik Schutz, 26, of Medina, Minn., right, and Capt. Matt Schachman, 28, of Wilmette, Ill., with the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment raise a new American flag to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks as Capt. Ron Hopkins, 27, left, looks on Sept. 11, 2011 at Forward Operating Base Bostick in Kunar province, Afghanistan.

‘Never forget’: Remembering those who answered the call after 9/11

Kevin Carl Petersen · September 11, 2019 4:00 am

Anxious family members watch a rescue vehicle pass by, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School school sent students rushing into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in and locked down the building.

‘It makes it a lot harder’: 9/11 first responder memorial vandalized in upstate New York

Zach Halaschak · August 29, 2019 7:37 pm