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Weather will clear up for Memorial Day Weekend
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Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and retail discounts.
With Memorial Day tomorrow and Tom Cruise’s latest ‘Mission: Impossible’ film in theaters, we shift the focus from action heroes to real heroes, including the U.S. and Canadian 1st Special Service Force, which sustained high casualties during World War II.
The VFW Post 9242 will host a series of events throughout the Memorial Day weekend. The first two will take place on May 24 at 10:00 am, where a flag will be placed at every veteran’s grave at both the IOOF and Calvary Cemeteries. May 25 at 9:00 am, flags will be placed at the entrances of the both cemeteries.
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After taking off from Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, the four fighter jets will pass over the Colorado Freedom Memorial in Aurora at 10 a.m. Saturday. On Memorial Day, they’ll loft above Denver and several other cities: Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, 11:15 a.m.
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Among the speakers were descendants of Navajo Code Talkers, the Marines who used their ancestral language to create an unbreakable code during World War II, a Navajo woman veteran and Michael Welsh, deputy director for the Phoenix VA health care system.
Houston’s public pools are opening just in time for Memorial Day weekend, giving residents a chance to cool off and kick off the season with a splash.From Saturday, May 24 through Monday, May 26, several city pools will be open across Houston.
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Rain is falling in eastern New Hampshire, and some snow is still falling in the White Mountains, on Friday morning as the nor’easter pulls away before a drier and warmer holiday weekend.
Here is what to expect when traveling throughout Arizona on Memorial Day weekend, including traffic issues, event coverage and weather updates.