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    June 10, 2017
    Reader's view: If only everywhere was like Gary-New Duluth
    On Memorial Day, I attended the Honoring of our Veterans event at the Gary-New Duluth memorial. As I observed the ceremony, I couldn't help thinking about how well the community comes together. All generations were well-represented, from newborn to the very elderly. Whether it's honoring...
    opinion/lettersJune 10, 2017 - 4:17pm
    May 29, 2017
    Sarah Merwin, from left, Melissa Lorentz and Micaela Brancato talk Monday, May 22, 2017, in the main kitchen of Holbrook Farms Retreat southwest of Detroit Lakes, Minn. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    At Minnesota lakes country retreat, military widows forge lasting connections
    FARGO — As members of the North Dakota Air National Guard here in 2011, Matt and Micaela Brancato lost two dear friends within a span of...
    newsMay 29, 2017 - 6:50am
    May 28, 2017
    “One day … and an eternity of thanks” / Joe Heller
    Our View: A day to honor, not celebrate
    The bloody battles of the Civil War were still raging when women in the South began decorating the graves of Confederate soldiers. After the...
    opinion/editorialsMay 28, 2017 - 9:00pm
    Mary Hagen studies the dog tag of her brother James Joseph Hubert. It was unearthed with his remains on Betio Island of the Tarawa Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Hubert served as a Marine in World War II. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.complay button
    Long lost, now found: WWII Marine killed in Pacific finally coming home to Duluth
    On a sunny afternoon this spring, around a table in her Duluth home overlooking Lake Superior, Mary Hagen, her son Jay Hagen, and Mary's companion,...
    newsMay 28, 2017 - 7:45pm
    May 27, 2017
    Lt. Michael Smoger of Two Harbors was killed in action May 24, 1968 in the Quang Nam province of Vietnam. (Photo courtesy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund)
    Two Harbors veteran to be honored in St. Paul
    Deborah Smoger Otten was a third-grader at Minnehaha Elementary School in Two Harbors in May 1968 and said she remembered it "raining like cats...
    newsMay 27, 2017 - 6:57pm
    98-year-old Geraldine Marshall, who lives at St. Ann's Residence, recounts her life with her first husband, Frederick Delbern Jr., who died in World War II while piloting the "Lonesome Polecat" over Germany. (Photos by Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com)play button
    'A good life except for the sadness': A wife recalls impact of a WWII final flight
    Recalling her love of a lifetime ago, Geraldine Marshall spoke of the sky-high feelings she would get from a young West Duluth pilot she married,...
    newsMay 27, 2017 - 5:22pm
    May 26, 2017
    Samantha Tubbs, collections manager and exhibits curator, removes the plastic covering Thursday from a large 1818 United States flag that was donated to Veterans Memorial Hall by the Robert Mars family. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
    Ready for inspection: Public unveiling of redesigned Veterans Memorial Hall at Depot is Tuesday
    Somehow, the stunning American flag from 1818 never stood out like it does now at Veterans Memorial Hall in the Duluth Depot. "As far as we know,...
    newsMay 26, 2017 - 10:34pm
    The Duluth Honor Guard leads the West Duluth Memorial Day Parade last year. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com
    Memorial Day events in the Northland
    A roundup of many of the Memorial Day observances taking place across the Northland this weekend. All events take place Monday, unless noted....
    newsMay 26, 2017 - 8:43pm
    May 16, 2017
    The Duluth Denfeld High School marching band participated in last year's Memorial Day parade in West Duluth. The future of the parade is now in doubt due to declining participation. 2016 News Tribune file photo
    Our View: Parade disinterest part of troubling trend
    In 2001, Harvard professor Robert Putnam sounded an alarm — and the evidence, even here in Duluth, just keeps growing that we didn't pay...
    opinion/editorialsMay 16, 2017 - 12:14am
    May 9, 2017
    The Duluth Honor Guard leads last year's Memorial Day Parade in West Duluth. (News Tribune file photo)
    West Duluth Memorial Day Parade struggling to fill lineup
    Dwindling participation is threatening the future of one of the region's oldest parades. As of Monday, only 16 units were registered for the...
    newsMay 9, 2017 - 6:35pm
    May 23, 2013
    Senator's View: Fighting for veterans on Memorial Day and all year
    Army Sgt. Chuck Luther reenlisted in the military following the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2011. After his reenlistment, Sgt. Luther was sent to Iraq on a tour of duty. On a reconnaissance scout mission to Iraq's Sunni Triangle, a mortar shell exploded in his face, knocking him...
    opinionMay 23, 2013 - 11:57am
    June 1, 2010
    Gaige Bring, 5, waves the American flag during Monday's parade. He was riding in his grandfather's car. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
    Remembering Memorial Day
    A crowd turned out Monday to watch the annual Memorial Day parade in West Duluth.
    newsJune 1, 2010 - 12:00am
    May 31, 2010
    Memorial Day closings
    Today is Memorial Day. The following offices will be closed: Post offices in Duluth and Superior; Duluth city offices; St. Louis County offices; Minnesota state offices; Minnesota and Wisconsin federal offices; Wisconsin state offices; all Duluth library locations; Superior city...
    newsMay 31, 2010 - 12:00am
    Rosemary Stratioti laughs with a visitor Sunday. Stratioti has organized West Duluth's Memorial Day parade for 50 years. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
    For past 50 years, Duluth woman has led a parade
    A few years ago, vandals knocked a concrete eagle from a monument in a military veterans' area of Oneota Cemetery in Duluth. Rosemary Stratioti...
    newsMay 31, 2010 - 12:00am
    May 27, 2009
    Opinion: On Memorial Day
    Our View: Take some time to remember this weekend Some call it the start of summer; others call it Memorial Day. When the appointed date changed from May 30 to the last Monday in May, attitudes changed as well.
    newsMay 27, 2009 - 10:15am
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