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How many Europeans are buried on American soil defending America from her enemies... The American Cemetery at Aisne-Marne, France. A total of 2289 of American military dead. The American Cemetery at Ardennes, Belgium. A total of 5329 of American military dead. The American Cemetery at Brittany, France. A total of 4410 of American military dead. Brookwood, England American Cemetery. A total of 468 of American dead. Cambridge, England. 3812 of American military dead. Epinal, France American Cemetery. A total of 5525 of American Military dead. Flanders Field, Belgium. A total of 368 of American military dead. Florence, Italy. A total...

It took 9 years to complete the Haitian monument in Franklin Square, but it took 230 years for the people of Haiti to receive the proper recognition for their role in the Revolutionary War. "The best moment in my life!" shouted Daniel Fils-Aime, who has seen this project through for those 9 years. "This recognition is a reward for all Haitians whether they are in the U.S. or Haiti," said Ralph Latortue, the Haiti consulate general in Miami. The monument was originally unveiled unfinished with only four statues in 2007, but thanks to a single-donor, the sculpture was recently completed,...

After WWI many U.S. soldiers moved to the Californian desert to find physical and emotional healing. In 1934, they erected a memorial to honor their fallen comrades, a single white cross, - a symbol used around the world to memorialize those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country. The site for the memorial was chosen because at a certain time of day, the sun casts a shadow on the rock which resembles a WWI doughboy. For more than 75 years, the memorial has stood as a reminder that there were those who fought and died for our freedoms. But...

Oklahoma City - Former President Bill Clinton said today he's joining a new board to promote the mission of the Oklahoma City National Memorial. Clinton spoke to about 200 museum supporters, bombing survivors and rescue workers at the memorial and museum during day long visit. He later traveled to Tulsa, where he and former President George H.W. Bush spoke at a dinner for the Salvation Army. Clinton was president when a truck bomb tore through the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19th, 1995, killing 168 and injuring more than 500. He says the stories from survivors and rescue...

Watch video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJGFFNJOBtk We recommend touring Washington, D.C. during the brief period of cherry blossoms. We made this video, highlighting the Washington Monumement, Jefferson and FDR Memorials, on a day with clear skies.

Erecting Statue to local Medal of Honor Hero Drive begins to raise funds Stamford,CT — The Homer L. Wise Memorial Committee announced today the beginning of a major fund raising drive to erect a Bronze Statue of Master Sergeant Homer L. Wise. Sgt. Wise, of Stamford was awarded the Medal of Honor on June 14, 1944 for heroism during World War II. The Medal of Honor is highest military decoration given by the United States. He was also the recipient of The Silver Star, The Bronze Star, three Purple Hearts and eleven other decorations. One of the most decorated infantrymen...

This press release contains information on two events of the same day. The Gathering of Eagles event has a time change from the original schedule released: it is now from 12 Noon to 2 PM. The Gathering of Eagles and Eagles UP will be sponsoring the first event and attending the second event. The GATHERING OF EAGLES, a patriotic organization whose goal is to publicly support our men and women in uniform, whether active duty or veteran, announces our whole hearted participation with the New Haven GUARDIAN ANGELS and EAGLES UP in an upcoming rally at the Vietnam and Korean...

"Dad, I have a question." Why? ...My son in a Nation that legalized the killing of innocent children in the womb; in a County where authorities would lie and cover up what they knew and what they did; in a Godless school system your life was taken . . . Dan I'm sorry. "I love you dad I'll see you tomorrow." 7:00 p.m., April 19, 1999. It ends with a Bible verse. "There is no peace," says the Lord, "for the wicked." Isaiah 48:22 [snip] ...Rohrbough, who is president of Colorado Right to Life, said he concluded that legalized abortion...

"Help Save the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery It's hard to believe, but officials at Arlington National Cemetery plan to replace the original Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with a new replica solely because of repairable cosmetic imperfections. This 1932 monument is nationally significant and eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The 48-ton marble block has two nonstructural cracks which pose no threat to visitors or the historic structure. Surprisingly, federal administrators want the replica carved from new stone that experts agree will likely again crack along its grain just as marble...

A 62-year-old sculpture of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima is getting the heave-ho from the museum on the aircraft carrier Intrepid while the ship is docked in Staten Island for an overhaul, museum officials and the sculpture’s owner said yesterday. The five-ton sculpture, which served as a model for the United States Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va., has been on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum since 1995. But museum officials, who are starting to renovate the ship’s interior, said they declined to buy the sculpture from its owner, Rodney Hilton Brown, and asked him...

Calling all WW2 FReeper Vets! Next week there will be a special 2-day Finest thread on WW2 vets and the WW2 memorial in Washington DC .It will be a thread that I believe FR will be proud of. I desire the names of all LIVING & DECEASED(on the wall) Freepers for inclusion in the article. Pictures of course are wanted, but not critical. The actual names will only be used with your permission. Right now I know of one living (Wheelbarrow) and one deceased (Bevlar)… the lar (larry) in name. Freepers. I will have a collage pix with the screennames....

I wrote last week that we'd see more outbreaks of anti-military vandalism leading up to Election Day. In upstate New York on Halloween eve, "(expletive) Bush" and a depiction of a penis were scrawled on the 20-by-40-foot flag and similar pictures in the same shade of green were painted on the American Legion Mohawk Post. Now there's this despicable act in Boise, Idaho reportedly committed by the sons of a state Democrat legislator: Police arrested 24-year old Michael Burkett of Boise early Sunday morning after officers with Capitol Mall Security reported spotting him vandalizing two flag polls on the grounds...

An al-Qaida-linked extremist group warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that he and the West were "doomed," as protesters raged across the Muslim world to demand more of an apology from the pontiff for his remarks about Islam and violence. The Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organization of Sunni Arab extremist groups that includes al-Qaida in Iraq, issued a statement on a Web forum vowing to continue its holy war against the West. The authenticity of the statement could not be independently verified. The group said Muslims would be victorious and addressed the pope as "the worshipper of the cross"...

Just in. I am looking at a picture of the WTC with smoke pouring out of the western tower. Looks like a huge amount of damage. Debris raining down on people in the street.

Here are some links from the FR archives in observance of the fifth anniversary of 9/11/2001 - Threads list of several breaking news items - Latest Articles The first post reporting the attacks by OldEconomyBuyer - World Trade Center Posted on the first anniversary - Associated Press newswire - September 11, 2001 - Chronology of news alerts, bulletins and flashes

Remembering 911 On Monday is the fifth Anniversary that our country was savagely attacked the united hearts of our nation cried out in pain.. Here are a few pix that I chose out of the more than 500 I have on file. Feel free to post your pix, your memories, where you were and what you were doing “that day” and perhaps how this has impacted your life. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The names of the dead would be raised to the plaza from the pool level below, as many relatives have demanded. But thundering waterfalls would still cascade into those pools, at the bottom of two enormous voids marking the place where the twin towers stood. The reconceived World Trade Center memorial and museum, unveiled yesterday after weeks of anxious anticipation, tries to solve security problems, placate disaffected family members and, most of all, reduce the project cost from an estimated $672 million. A budget target of $500 million was set last month by Gov. George E. Pataki and Mayor Michael...

I have had this Idea for a while but was asked not to push it due to the election, 2004. Of all of the wars that the United States has been in, the most ignored is the War with Mexico. I have looked for a fitting Monument in DC and found none. I am proposing that a Monument be erected to Honor those that served in that war. Is it worth presuing?

A lawsuit filed by the American Atheists in U.S. District Court on Thursday seeks to remove steel crosses that dot roadways throughout Utah and memorialize Utah Highway Patrol troopers who have died in the line of duty. The suit has drawn harsh reaction from family members of the fallen troopers and promises to be the source of an emotional battle. The crosses, which stand about 12 feet high and bear the trooper's name and the UHP insignia, were erected starting in 1998 and serve as a memorial for 14 troopers who have died since 1931. About nine of the crosses...

A lawsuit against memorial crosses is set to be filed Thursday by a group that feels they violate the separation of church and state. Three Utah atheists, backed by a national organization based in Texas, are filing suit against the state for allowing crosses to be erected in honor of highway patrol troopers, who have died in the line of duty. Richard Andrews said, "I feel the same way a Jew might feel if you put a state symbol on a swastika" According to the UHP Association, a support group for troopers and their families, many fallen troopers' relatives consider...

The hate-America, multiculturalism crowd tried their best to destroy all relevant meaning to the memorials planned for “Ground Zero” and for the crash site of “Flight 93’, but the unyielding efforts many brave people who lost loved ones on that day seem to have paid off. We cannot relax, because the Ward Churchills of this world are still out there waiting to pounce, but if we are vigilant, we can honor our history proudly and truthfully. “Westchester Housewife Meet Debra Burlingame, who won a battle at Ground Zero.

On a weekend when many Tucsonans are camping in the mountains or partying at poolside, Dan Hawkins has been standing outside a supermarket in 100-degree heat, clutching a fistful of memories that seem to grow dimmer each year. There was a time when passers-by eagerly scooped up the scarlet Buddy Poppies Hawkins has peddled each Memorial Day weekend since 1987. Nowadays, there are far fewer takers for the bright red flowers that recall America's fallen troops. "It used to be a big thing," said Hawkins, 72, a Vietnam veteran and leader of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7399. "Pretty...

Freedom is not a "default" setting,or bundled software we are born with. It is not something one can download from the Net. In every generation,Americans have stepped forward to lay their lives on the line: sometimes for their own nation;sometimes for people in other nations. There have always been those who feel freedom is best achieved by hunkering down: by pulling our heads into a shell,so we cannot see or hear injustice;by pulling in our legs,so we will not be tempted to go to someone's aid. There was,perhaps,a time when such a course was possible: the time before airplanes,intercontinental missiles,and...

Moscow MY parents named me Victor in honor of the Soviet Union's victory over Hitler, and I am proud of my name. I see no reason to cast doubt on the historical significance of that victory; for years the Russian people, who lost millions of soldiers in the war, have united around the celebration of Victory Day. Yet, as we mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, we are seeing not so much a celebration as a major disagreement between millions of people, and even between nations. This city, having summoned distinguished foreign guests for the...

Security concerns outlined last month by the New York Police Department have set off a serious reassessment of plans for the former World Trade Center site. People involved in the rebuilding effort say that the revisions that need to be made to the site's most prominent feature, the Freedom Tower, could delay the start of construction from several months to a year. As a result, the lead developer at the site, Larry Silverstein, has proposed seeking public financing - possibly hundreds of millions of dollars - to pay for addressing the Police Department's security concerns. Such a development would be...

Please take the time to watch this video, we must remember those on September 11, 2001. We can never forget, and we can not let those who wish us to forget to let us forget. Please, take 15 minutes from freeping, this is bookmarked on my home page, Thank you FReepers. Indy.Never Forget. If you let it run past the video, there are many good quotes after.

A descendant of Upper St. Clair's Boyce family said Ronald Reagan was a fine president, but he doesn't want to see his family's name taken off a school in favor of the Gipper's. Andrew Knez Jr., who works on what used to be the original Boyce property not far from Boyce Middle School, said one less thing named for the Boyce family -- particularly a school -- is one less opportunity to talk about the family and the history of Upper St. Clair. "Local history is really being neglected," said Knez, who lives in Peters.

A Glance at Memorials Around Country for Ronald Reagan The Associated Press Jun 10, 2004 A snapshot of memorials around the nation for Ronald Reagan: - Governors declared days of remembrance or mourning Friday in Alabama, Alaska, Illinois, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia. Governors in several states called for a moment of silence during Reagan's funeral. - Las Vegas will lose its glimmer briefly to honor the president: Casino lights will be dimmed for three minutes Friday evening. - The Alzheimer's Foundation of America, headquartered in New York City, planned to hold a candle-lighting...

They appeared late Monday around Allegheny County, 14 bicycles painted a ghostly white and chained to poles with a cryptic sign: "Cyclist Struck Here." The roadside memorials are the work of Ghost Bike Pittsburgh, a loosely organized group of bicycle enthusiasts seeking to improve the lot of bicyclists in a sometimes hostile world. "That's all we're going for, is for people to know that cyclists have been hit," group member Brad Quartuccio, 22, of Bloomfield, said yesterday. "Some people have lots of respect. The problem is, it only takes one motorist to have no respect."

<p>As the National World War II Memorial prepares to open, the secretary of State tells how these public spaces help everyone better understand what America is all about.</p> <p>"Paying homage to the fallen holds a deeply personal meaning for me." Every Memorial Day, my sister, Marilyn, and I would put on our Sunday best and accompany our parents to Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx to visit the graves of family members. Like all kids, my sister and I were happy to have the day off from school, and I can't say we were in a solemn frame of mind. But taking part in that annual rite of remembrance gave me my first sense of the importance of honoring those who have gone before.</p>

Gay Memorials Welcomed, Christian Memorials Banished Thursday, March 04, 2004 By Sam Kastensmidt In a stunning act of hypocrisy, the state of California has dismissed two memorials featuring crosses while using taxpayer funds to erect memorials exclusively for homosexual veterans. Memorial Cross Removed from Stanislaus County Park More than forty years ago, Ore N. Minniear, former director of the Stanislaus County Del Puerto work camp, erected an 8-foot tall stone Cross at a remote location within the park to serve as a memorial to his deceased son, David Minniear. After being questioned about the constitutionality of the Cross, Stanislaus County...

(CNSNews.com) - American Atheists in Maryland said Friday they want the state to start removing roadside memorials; crosses, flowers and sometimes teddy bears that people leave next to highways where a loved one or family member has died in an automobile accident. The practice is repeated all over the country. While there are currently no petition drives or other widespread grassroots activities, Maryland atheists say they want state officials to be more proactive in the matter. "Our position basically is that we're against it (the memorials)," David Condo, Maryland state director for American Atheists, told CNSNews.com. "We don't think...

The borough mayor supports the council’s unanimous vote to outlaw any ribbons or other memorials for the American troops fightingin Iraq, if those ribbons are placed on public property because the government doesn’t want them there. "I’m shocked and outraged," Johnson said. "I can’t believe the mayor would force me to take down ribbons put there in honor of American troops, fighting for our freedom in Iraq." Johnson and her husband David own Hegyi’s Liquor Store, the second prominent landmark on the way into tiny Fieldsboro from Route 130, with a population of 1,222. The first landmark is a huge...

This thread is for those of you who wish to memorialize the men and women of STS-107 Columbia in verse. It won't help anything, but it might make you feel better. Quality of verse is not required; sincerety is. Haiku (5-7-5) encouraged. B-chan

Just announced, more to follow....no one else has reported.

I believe America weeps, because it has been made to deny natural character traits of citizenship, duty, and retribution, while sensing betrayal, defeat, and denial orchestrated by the hand-in glove government-media complex in their duel failure to clarify and attack America's enemies. No Pound Of Flesh We are all consciously aware that there has been no satisfaction, no pound of flesh taken, for the brutal and horrific sneak attack on our Citizens.We are a country gripped not in a righteous offensive mode, but rather a defensive mode, which will ultimately cripple our economic growth. Customs agents are incapable of detecting...

The massive American-British air raid over western Iraq on the evening of Sept. 6 is almost certainly a precursor to an invasion of the country. An estimated 100 warplanes delivered a major blow to Iraq's various command and control systems that could deliver weapons of mass destruction and complicate an invasion by ground forces. That strike followed a raid on Aug. 5, when allied bombers demolished Saddam Hussein's air-command-and-control center southwest of Baghdad. Key Iraqi air-defense lines have been taken out, and the way is now clear for U.S. special forces. Israeli intelligence sources report that some 15 percent...

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Black Flags of Islam &nbsp; Portents of the Imam al-Mahdi, the Moslems' prophesied deliverer of Jerusalem? from Diane Alden… Afghanistan has special significance to the world of militant Islam. It was once called Khurasan, along with parts of Iran and Pakistan. Muhammad said: "If you see the black flags coming from Khurasan, join that army, even if you have to crawl over ice, for that is the army of the Imam al-Mahdi and no one can stop that army until it reaches Jerusalem." That is one reason Osama bin Laden chose it as his base, or al-Qaida. Mohammed's ...

A thread for discussion of today's events, the president's speech to the country tonight, and his interview on CBS. Please add your comments and observations from today.

With so many memorial sites, graphics, photos, videos, flash movies, etc. proliferating on the internet since the 9-11 attack on America, it is almost impossible to keep track of them all. The purpose of this thread is to provide a convenient archive for posterity. Use this thread to post links to any sites you have found particulary memorable or that would be of interest to other FReepers. (Please post your comments and the links only to save bandwidth).

Sept. 11 Concerts Will Be Scarce AP/Wires/Billboard With the one-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon looming, most artists touring the U.S. are planning a solemn day off for Sept. 11, Billboard reports in its July 27 issue. The Rolling Stones tour, which opens Sept. 3 in Boston, will skip that date, as will outings by Cher, the Goo Goo Dolls, Aerosmith, and Bonnie Raitt/Lyle Lovett. George Strait will wait until Sept. 12 to start his next trek, while tours by Bruce Springsteen, the Who,Rush, Jimmy Buffett, Santana, and Creed have all scheduled multi-week...

Around the country, Sept. 11 memorials planned NAPERVILLE, Ill. (March 10, 2002 2:21 p.m. EST) - The city's monument honoring victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will include at least part of an essay written by Naperville native and Navy Cmdr. Dan Shanower, who was killed when a jet crashed into the Pentagon. His essay, quot;Freedom Isn't Free,quot; was written a few years back as a tribute to shipmates killed in a plane crash. quot;We want this to be a place that reminds everyone they can't forget this day, (that) no matter where they live they are not insulated...