After it happened, I thought it would fade. But Memorial Day came, along with its images, and the feeling returned. To explain: A local American Legion post (never mind which one, not the one in my town) advertised for Vietnam vets to show up on a winter’s Sunday afternoon and have a bite to eat. […]
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Leonard Pitts: Time to show our veterans some real love
“I want a love I can see. That’s the only kind that means a thing to me. Don’t want a love you have to tell me about. That kind of loving I can sure do without.” — The Temptations, 1963 A few days ago in an airport restaurant, I saw a scene that has become […]
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Cal Thomas: VA could learn lesson from English hospital
PORTSTEWART, Northern Ireland — President Obama Wednesday replayed a familiar scenario when dealing with scandal, in this case delays for treatment, deaths, alleged cover-ups and other acts of malfeasance reported at Veterans Administration hospitals in the United States: first express outrage, next announce an investigation and then say he won’t comment on the scandal until […]
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Buckfield veterans plan Memorial Day ceremonies
BUCKFIELD — The John D. Long American Legion Post 58 is organizing a Memorial Day parade Monday. It will begin at 9 a.m. at the Town Office on Route 117 and proceed to the town square for a ceremony at the monuments and to place flowers in the Nezinscot River in memory of veterans lost […]
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Paris veterans reflect on service, comrades, family
PARIS — It’s impossible to miss Gil Turner’s house. That’s not because of its unusual light-green color or because it has a pool in its fenced-in backyard. Rather, it’s distinguished by a tall pole on which an American flag snaps in the wind. It’s fitting that Turner should have that flag flying high. The Buckfield […]
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Edward Little students honor vets in pre-Memorial Day ceremony
AUBURN — Students learned history and met local veterans who served in six wars — from World War II to Afghanistan — during an Edward Little High School assembly Wednesday. The day was the third annual “Take a Veteran to School Day,” at which veterans were the honored guests during the pre-Memorial Day ceremony. Jennifer […]
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Memorial Day services, parade to be held in Jay, Livermore Falls
JAY — Memorial Day services on Monday, May 26, will include services at war memorials in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls prior to the parade kicking off at 10 a.m. from Memco on Route 4. The parade will march to Livermore Falls, making stops along the route at veterans memorials. The theme of this year’s […]
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Veterans displaying Old Glory at Jay War Memorial
JAY — Veterans holding flags have begun standing at the Jay War Memorial from 8 to 9 a.m. each Monday and will continue until Veterans Day. Community members, as well as Maine’s first lady, Ann LePage, and the Freeport Flag Ladies, have joined the group at times in the past. The tradition is in its sixth […]
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South Portland veteran fights VA to file damage claim
SOUTH PORTLAND — Kenneth “Jake” Myrick’s U.S. Army service took him to Kosovo and Iraq. His fight to recover damages from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is taking him to Capitol Hill. Myrick has asked U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, to look into the VA’s rejection of a $1 million tort claim, which alleges […]
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Volunteers, participants sought for Memorial Day observance
LIVERMORE FALLS — The area’s Memorial Day Parade Committee is looking for participants to take part in the parade on May 26 and volunteers to place flags on veterans’ graves. The parade theme is “Honor and Remember Operation Overlord 70th Anniversary of D-Day WWII,” according to committee member Don Simoneau. On June 6, 1944, D-Day […]