Politicians will be in plentiful supply this Memorial Day as the ramp-up to the 2012 presidential election begins in earnest.

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Memorial Day brings out candidates

The annual Memorial Day motorcycle ride and demonstration is aimed at raising awareness for prisoners of war and soldiers who are missing in action. Read full article > >

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Rolling Thunder fills Washington’s streets

Q: How can you capi­tal­ize on the hundreds of thousands of veterans and bikers who come to the D.C. area for Rolling Thunder and Memorial Day weekend? A: Throw them a four-day, patriotic-themed party. Such were the origins of Stars & Stripes & Spokes , a motorcycle rally that runs through Monday on the grounds of RFK Stadium. The four-day event — the first of what organizers hope will become an annual tradition — was the brainchild of three construction managers from Maryland who wanted to give motorcyclists, veterans and others a venue to let loose while they are in town. Read full article > >

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D.C. motorcycle rally called ‘party with a purpose’

Q: How can you capi­tal­ize on the hundreds of thousands of veterans and bikers who come to the D.C. area for Rolling Thunder and Memorial Day weekend? A: Throw them a four-day, patriotic-themed party. Such were the origins of Stars & Stripes & Spokes , a motorcycle rally that runs through Monday on the grounds of RFK Stadium. The four-day event — the first of what organizers hope will become an annual tradition — was the brainchild of three construction managers from Maryland who wanted to give motorcyclists, veterans and others a venue to let loose while they are in town. Read full article > >

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D.C. motorcycle rally called ‘party with a purpose’

Members of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club are among scores of volunteers who spend time making sure the Vietnam Veterans Memorial looks its best. Read full article > >

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Washing the Wall

Members of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club are among scores of volunteers who spend time making sure the Vietnam Veterans Memorial looks its best. Read full article > >

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Washing the Wall

I may or may not post over the weekend but I wanted to note for overseas readers that this is the begining of the three-day Memorial Day holiday in the US, extending through Monday; I’ll see you Tuesday unless I hear the Muse between now and then….

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Holiday Note

Soldiers from the Alpha Company plant American flags by headstones at the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, and cadets from Liberty High School’s JROTC place over 8,000 flags on graves at Culpeper National Cemetery in honor of Memorial Day weekend. Read full article > >

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Flags placed at headstones for Memorial Day

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is recovering after having surgery on Wednesday, officials at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center said.

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Giffords recovering from surgery

The National September 11 Memorial and Museum has issued a computerized guide to the location of every name inscribed.

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Constructing a Story, With 2,982 Names

Laura Trevelyan speaks to Charles G Wolf, who lost his wife in the September 11 attacks, and Joe Daniels, President of the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero.

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VIDEO: 9/11 relatives reflect on Osama death

Some relatives of victims who died a decade ago at the World Trade Center decried a plan Sunday to place more than 9,000 unidentified pieces of human remains at a subterranean site at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. (April 4)

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9/11 kin decry plans to house remains at museum

A renowned preacher and the first African-American minister of the Memorial Church, Peter Gomes passed away on Monday in his hometown of Boston from complications due to a stroke he suffered in December. Gomes began serving at the nondenominational…

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Rev. Peter Gomes Dies at 68

A last minute donation from the National Heritage Memorial Fund saves the papers of the computing genius Alan Turing for the nation.

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Alan Turing papers saved for UK

Less than two weeks after being shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will move on Friday to the TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehab Hospital in Houston, Texas, according to her husband Mark Kelly. The latest update on her status had her standing with…

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Giffords Headed to Houston for Rehab