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Tattered flags in West L.A. anger veteran
An upside-down American flag is considered a signal of distress. And that's the feeling Robert Rosebrock had when he looked up and noticed the red, white and blue street-lamp banners outside the Department of Veterans Affairs' West Los Angeles Medical...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Hospitals and Clinics, Automotive Equipment, U.S. Army, Veterans Affairs
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Flag etiquette pointers
Corsicana Daily Sun, TexasSaturday is Armed Forces Day, when we honor people who are active and reserve members of the military; May 27 is Memorial Day, when we honor those who have died serving our country; and June 14 is Flag Day, three big opportunities to fly the flag right....Tags: Memorial Day, American Legion, Human Interest
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Anonymous donor offers money for Spalding Point improvements, memorial
Spalding Point may soon be beautified with a memorial to veterans, thanks to an offer from an anonymous donor. If approved by school board officials, a longtime Glen Ellyn resident will donate up to $95,000 for landscaping on a stretch of land, just...Tags: Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Holidays, Human Interest
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Summer events 2013
This is is not all-inclusive June 1-2 Bolingbrook Cavalcade of Planes 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Visit Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport for the annual festival of aircrafts. Enjoy a close look at historic planes and helicopters on the ground and...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cantigny Park, Business, Entertainment
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LETTER: Treat Flag With Respect
I am writing to plead for loyal Americans to display and preserve our national emblem. While traveling through Hebron and other towns, I have noticed flags in front of homes on poles and attached to houses, faded and some torn. Some are improperly wrapped...Tags: Memorial Day
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READER SUBMITTED: 2013 Farmington Bank Community Concert Series Expands To 15 Performances By Simply Swing
StatewideBigger and Better, that's how the 2013 Farmington Bank Community Concert Series featuring Simply Swing looks. "We received so much positive feedback last year that we decided to continue and expand our community concert series featuring Simply Swing from...Tags: Glastonbury, Concerts, Southington, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Plainville
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Emmaus Borough plans Flag Day event
The annual Emmaus Flag Day celebration will be held at 6 p.m., on Friday, June 14, according to the Emmaus Borough website. The date and time are changed from previous years, and visitors are asked to make a note of it, the website said. The Flag Day...Tags: Emmaus, Shimerville
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The Fresno Bee Lew Griswold column
The Fresno BeeDoug Silveria of Visalia often visits his father's grave at Visalia District Cemetery, where he placed "three little Navy flags and a pin" to honor his father's World War II service. But in February, his mother called in tears: the flags and pin were...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Memorial Day, Career and Workplace, Veterans Day, Labor Legislation
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Honoring the U.S. flag
Prior to June 14, 1923 — Flag Day— no state or federal regulations governed the proper display of the U.S. flag. A conference was called to adopt a National Flag Code based on provisions set forth by the Army and Navy and relating the proper...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Army
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Burbank Community Band gives free concert
The Burbank Community Band will present a free concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Burbank High School Auditorium, 902 N. Third St. This is the first public concert by the band in more than 10 years, outside of the annual Veterans' Day, Memorial Day and...Tags: Memorial Day, Bob Hope
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Three of SteelStacks' six music-genre festivals won't return for 2013
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGArtsQuest will cut three of the six genre-specific music festivals it holds at its SteelStacks campus from its 2013 lineup, the festival just announced. But it also will add a new holiday celebration, as well. Magic Slim at this year's...... -
Letter: Honor America's POW/MIA on Sept. 21
The sheer number of Americans listed as missing in action — more than 73,000 in World War II, 7,900 in Korea, hundreds during the Cold War, nearly 2,000 in Vietnam, and even on today's modern battlefields — is difficult to grasp. Thus, it...Tags: Memorial Day, Prisoners and Detainees, World War II (1939-1945), Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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