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Michigan parade canceled due to thunderstorms from Alberto

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In this May 28 2018, photo, American Legion member Jerry Allen Stands in front of a Mural painted by York High School students in New Hampshire in honor of U.S. Armed Forces. The mural was dedicated on Monday. Allen spearheaded the effort with school officials. (Deborah McDermott/Portsmouth Herald via AP)

Vets dedicate mural painted by some dedicated teen artists

By DEBORAH MCDERMOTT - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gestures while speaking at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2018 in Arlington, Va.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump panned for ‘tone-deaf’ Memorial Day tweet

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Former president George H.W. Bush arrives for an NFL football game between the Houston Texans and the Indianapolis Colts in Houston. A spokesman for the former president says the 93-year-old has been hospitalized for low blood pressure and fatigue. Spokesman Jim McGrath tweeted just after 2 p.m. Sunday, May 27, 2018, that Bush will likely remain in the hospital for a few days. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

The Latest: George HW Bush says he regrets missing parade

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The Confederate gift to the nation

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 28, 2018, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump lays wreath at Tomb of Unknowns, marking Memorial Day

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell meets with people who attended a Memorial Day service in Louisville, Ky., Monday, May 28, 2018. McConnell was the featured speaker. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)

McConnell: Trump aware of past games played by North Koreans

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Former POW in Vietnam to lead Memorial Day wreath-laying

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A recent editorial in the Harvard Crimson, the student publication of Harvard University, calls for more acceptance of conservative students. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Harvard students demand campus ‘diversity’ extend to conservatives

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this May 24, 2018 photo, people view American flags on Boston Common in Boston, which are placed there for Memorial Day. The solemn display of tens of thousands of U.S. flags that first appeared on Boston Common a decade ago to honor service members who have died defending the nation is slowly becoming a national movement. The flag gardens, as they are known, can be seen this weekend in Texas, Louisiana, Ohio and New York. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

The deeper meaning of Memorial Day

By Scott S. Powell

World War II veteran Mike Fedirko, 91, walks underneath the B-25 Mitchell bomber "Yellow Rose" after he flew aboard the plane at New Orleans Lakefront Airport in New Orleans, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. Fedirko flew missions in a B-25 during the war. The planes, part of the Commemorative Air Force, are in town for the WWII AirPower Expo 2015, hosted by the National World War II Museum, which runs through the weekend. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Burton Madison goes to National WWII Museum to remembers fallen friends

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Flags fill the backpack of a members of the Army 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as they place flags at headstone, in honor the nation's fallen military heroes during its annual Flags In ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Thursday, May 24, 2018, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

NBA group volunteers with grieving kids over Memorial Day

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Connecticut bridge to be lit in red, white and blue

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More DWI patrols, road work suspended for holiday weekend

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Fort Ticonderoga exhibit highlights its Philadelphia links

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Memorial Day ceremony held at NY National Guard headquarters

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This circa 1943 U.S. Army Air Force photo from the Kelly Family Research Project shows the &quot;Heaven Can Wait&quot; B-24 bomber, location unknown, in which Lt. Thomas Kelly died when it was shot down in Hansa Bay in what is now Papua New Guinea during World War II. When Tom Kelly's relatives got word that his bomber had been found, a wave of exhilaration mixed with grief washed over family members. Although relatives who never met Kelly had pieced much of his life story together over the years, they never knew what happened when his plane was shot down off the coast of Papua New Guinea in 1944. They got their answer recently when the group Project Recover found the B-24 bomber under 213 feet of water. (U.S. Army Air Force/Kelly Family Research Project via AP)

Discovery of World War II soldier’s plane brings closure

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

This circa 1943 U.S. Army Air Force photo from the Kelly Family Research Project shows Lt. Tom Kelly, lower right, and other members of his crew of the B-24 bomber training in the U.S., that was later shot down in Hansa Bay in what is now Papua New Guinea during World War II. When Kelly's relatives got word that his bomber had been found, a wave of exhilaration mixed with grief washed over family members. Although relatives who never met Kelly had pieced much of his life story together over the years, they never knew what happened when his plane was shot down off the coast of Papua New Guinea in 1944. They got their answer recently when the group Project Recover found the B-24 bomber under 213 feet of water. (U.S. Army Air Force/Kelly Family Research Project via AP)

Family rejoices at finding of soldier’s World War II plane

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

Remembering those who laid down their lives for our freedoms

By Rep. Phil Roe

FILE- This May 21, 2018 file photo shows exercise equipment partially submerged in Hollywood, Fla. Heavy rains flowing from the Gulf of Mexico caused flooding in the Southeastern United States ahead of what forecasters said Wednesday, May 23, 2018, could become the season's first tropical storm. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Rain from Gulf floods Southeast; tropical storm possible

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press