A long waiting period is finally over for veterans in Sikeston after a brand new memorial wall was unveiled at Veterans Park on Saturday morning.Â
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Lincoln Memorial at sunset with lake reflections, Washington DC
A visit to the Lincoln Memorial can inspire awe and hope.
In honor of Veterans Day, Landmarks Illinois has published its new online database of historic World War I monuments and memorials in Illinois.
MARION, ILLINOIS (WSIL) -- The local Veterans of Foreign Wars is honoring veterans who served in Middle Eastern wars with a new monument.Â
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) � The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled a state law preventing anyone from moving a Confederate monument or changing the historical name of a street or building without the Legislature’s permission is legal. But in the same ruling Wednesday, the justices struck down a requirement that two-thirds of the General Assembly
AMSTERDAM (AP) � King Willem-Alexander has officially unveiled a new memorial in the heart of Amsterdam’s historic Jewish Quarter to honor the more than 102,000 Dutch victims of the Holocaust. Designed by Polish-Jewish architect Daniel Libeskind, the memorial is made up of walls shaped to form four Hebrew letters spelling out a word that translates
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) � Authorities in South Carolina say a large granite monument honoring 9-11 victims was defaced by vandals who spray-painted “Taliban� on it in two places. WYFF-TV reports that the granite statue is made of two towers, each weighing 4,000 pounds with a light beam in Greenville County. Paul Nichols, founder and CEO
PARIS (AP) � Plans are underway to reinter the remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker at the Pantheon monument in Paris. The late entertainer who is a World War II hero in France will be the first Black woman to get the country’s highest honor. Le Parisien newspaper reported Sunday that French President
SHAWNEETOWN, IL (WSIL) � Gallatin County’s Historical Society joined local lawmakers and community members in a dedication ceremony Saturday in remembrance of the region’s 1937 Tent City.