Category Archives: Honor

Americans honor MLK with service — and more protests

By doris | Published: January 17, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com Americans honored Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a traditional day of service as well as a new wave of economic injustice protests by Occupy Wall Street. On the first King holiday since the now-global Occupy movement launched in New York City in September, the reignited debate over inequality drew [...]

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After a decade of grief and recovery, nation remembers 9/11

By doris | Published: September 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Thousands gathered Sunday morning at New York’s Ground Zero, stood still in silence, some crying as they listened to the names of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks were read aloud. “They were our neighbors, our friends, our wives, children and parents,” said New York Mayor [...]

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After 27 years, man hacks off hair for charity

By doris | Published: August 19, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com STROUD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man who has been growing his hair for 27 years had it hacked off for a good cause Thursday morning. He’s donating his ponytail to Locks of Love, an organization that makes wigs for people battling cancer. Dan McGuinness of Long Pond squirmed as scissors snipped [...]

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Memorial Day marked by ceremonies, tributes

By doris | Published: May 30, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON — Americans from Washington to California are marking Memorial Day with parades, barbecues and special tributes tied to the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. An annual holiday honoring the nation’s war dead was infused with new meaning this year, coming just months before the 10-year anniversary.

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At Age 95, Woman Finally Gets High School Diploma

By doris | Published: May 26, 2010

Full Story at happynews.com There was a bit more pomp and considerably more circumstance than usual at the Falkville High School graduation ceremonies Monday night. Marching alongside the fresh-faced Alabama seniors ready to make their way in the world was 95-year-old Earlene Harvey-Morris, whose own dreams of a diploma were snatched away from her 77 [...]

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Thousands mourn slain teacher

By doris | Published: January 5, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Thousands stuffed the bleachers on both sides of a California high school football field Monday night to remember a beloved teacher who was slain in Mexico a few days ago. Grieving family members, friends and residents of El Monte, California, waved glowsticks in the air and listened to heartfelt stories about [...]

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Vietnam vet: ‘I’m not ashamed to say I shed some tears’

By doris | Published: November 11, 2009

Full Story at The-Daily-Record.com RITTMAN DISTRICT — Asking all 18- and 19-year-olds to stand, Gary Maibach urged Rittman students to look at the teenagers. Those are the ones asked to serve their country in the military, Maibach said, not gray-haired grandfathers. Maibach, who served as a medic in the Army during the Vietnam War, encouraged [...]

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The bugler’s final ‘thank you’

By doris | Published: November 10, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Long Island native Louis DiLeo began his music career as a child. As an adult, he spends his days blowing the same sad song: taps. As the sole bugler for the southern region of New York’s Military Forces Honor Guard — part of the state National Guard [...]

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Kennedy was determined to make ‘good ending’

By doris | Published: August 27, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – The once-indefatigable Ted Kennedy was in a wheelchair at the end, struggling to speak and sapped of his energy. But from the time his brain cancer was diagnosed 15 months ago, he spoke of having a “good ending for myself,” in whatever time he had left, and by every [...]

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Inauguration Events Absorb King Holiday

By doris | Published: January 19, 2009

Full Story At  CBS News (CBS/AP) With the nation’s attention turned to President-elect Barack Obama’s anticipated inauguration Tuesday, the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day may have gotten lost in the shuffle in parts of the country. In Hempstead, NY, the annual parade marking the birthday of the famed civil rights leader was [...]

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Obama honors King on final pre-presidency day

By doris | Published: January 19, 2009

Full Story At Yahoo! News WASHINGTON – Fresh off a rollicking celebration in the shadow of Abraham Lincoln, President-elect Barack Obama is shaping the final day of his pre-presidential life around another giant figure, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Obama is taking part in a community renovation project in the Washington area to honor [...]

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