Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A visitor pauses at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. AP Photo/J. David Ake, File Memorial Day, a national holiday to ...

On Sunday, Katherine Hughes of Mankato read the poem proposed for a memorial in Reconciliation Park to honor the 38 Dakota Native Americans who were executed on Dec. 26, 1862. “Oh, I don’t mean to be ...

I am 100 percent a words person, so when it comes to celebrating holidays, I love to read. I indulge on those cheesy Christmas novels hidden deep within my hometown bookstore, read all types of poems ...

The city of Mason held a Memorial Day ceremony Monday.Mason Schools student Sarvina Heher read a poem called "Because of Them" to honor those who sacrificed for our country.Here's the poem:To this day ...

Here’s a weird little tale for Independence Day week, courtesy of a Seven Days reader, about a poem left at an Afghanistan war memorial in Waitsfield that went missing numerous times only to reappear ...

Memorial Day, a national holiday to honor the 1.17 million men and women who have died to create and maintain the freedoms outlined in our Constitution, is not the only Memorial Day. The holiday ...