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After Rain-Out, Obama Delivers Speech Outside DC

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (May 31) -- President Barack Obama said Monday that the meaning of Memorial Day is found in the story of ordinary Americans who become extraordinary for one simple reason: love of country. Obama, speaking to dozens of troops at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington after his Land of Lincoln...

Storm Washes Out Obama's Memorial Day Speech

ELWOOD, Ill. (May 31) -- Vice President Joe Biden hailed America's fighting men and women Monday as the "spine of this nation," while President Barack Obama's Land of Lincoln tribute got washed out by a severe thunderstorm and high winds. Biden made the more traditional appearance at Arlington National Cemetery on Obama's...

Biden Honors Fallen Troops at Arlington

ARLINGTON, Va. (May 31) -- Vice President Joe Biden is saluting the sacrifices of the men and women of America's fighting forces at the nation's most hallowed burial ground. He said the United States has "a sacred obligation" to provide its servicemen and women - "these new warriors" - with everything they need to carry...

Obama Family Goes Home to Chicago for Memorial Day

(May 31) -- The first family celebrated Memorial Day with a trip to their hometown of Chicago, sleeping in their pre-White House red-brick home for the first time in more than a year. President Barack Obama is expected back in Washington today, after honoring the nation's war dead with a speech before thousands at Abraham...

Arlington Chief Retires Amid History, Controversy

ARLINGTON, Va. (May 31) -- Walking in Arlington National Cemetery's Section 60, the flat field he picked out years ago for what is now "the saddest acre in America," Superintendent John Metzler Jr. is at home. More than 600 fallen from Iraq and Afghanistan are buried there, including Army Pfc. Sam Williams Huff, whose...

Background on memorial day

Memorial Day is an American federal holiday observed annually on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

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