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  1. Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
    The Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall-USA) is an on-line Vietnam War memorial. It was started in 1996 by the veteran Alan Oskvarek who became disabled in the Vietnam War. It is now run by unpaid volunteers of the 4th Battalion 9th Infantry Regiment Manchu (Vietnam) Association on a not-for-profit bases, and is supported by voluntary contributions. It uses the U.S.A. government's official database. The website has a search facility for names on the granite panels on the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC, USA. In 2006 the website reported at total of over 65,000 remembrances and photographs.
  2. Memorial Day -- Memorial Day Parade
    (HOST) This Memorial Day commentator Peter Gilbert will be in his family's hometown of Dorset. Each year, there's a brief ceremony in the church before the parade to the cemetery, where the honor guard's three-volley salute and the playing of taps - literally brings home the meaning of the day.
  3. Korean War Veterans Memorial -- South Korea
    The Korean War Veterans Memorial is located on The Mall in Washington, DC, in West Potomac Park southeast of the Lincoln Memorial. Directly to the north lies the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It was authorized by Congress on October 28, 1986 and construction began in November 1993. It was dedicated on July 27, 1995, the 42nd anniversary of the armistice that ended the war by Bill Clinton and Kim Young Sam, President of the Republic of Korea, to the men and women who served during the conflict. It is managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
  4. Memorial Day -- Nation
    ARLINGTON, Va., May 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Memorial Day weekend marks the opening of pools and water parks across the country. To help keep swimmers healthy and happy this summer, the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Chlorine Chemistry Division is pleased to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week held May 21-27, 2007.
  5. Pearl Harbor -- World War Ii
    The Memory Section of American Treasures of the Library of Congress contains this annotated script of a December 7, 1941 NBC news report on the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The script preserves the announcer's markings for emphasis. The "program analysis" index card outlines all of the network's news broadcasts of that day, including the break in regularly scheduled programming to announce the tragic news from Pearl Harbor. Other NBC documentation at the Library outlines nearly every program heard over the network during the World War II era. Recordings of more than half of these programs are held by the Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division.
  6. September 11 -- September 11 , 2001
    The Worcester County Veterans Memorial Foundation will hold a 9/11 remembrance ceremony Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at 10am at the memorial off Route 589. Former County Commissioner Tom Cetola will be master of ceremonies for the event, being held in conjunction with the Ocean Pines Policy Department and the Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Department. Solos will be rendered by Ron Fisher and Joanne Masone. Wreaths honoring fallen police and firemen will be placed at the memorial as each of the four attacks of 9/11 are commemorated by the ringing of a gong. If you are aware of someone who suffered a loss on September 11, 2001, contact Roseann Bridgman at (410) 641-7243. All county policy and firemen, as well as the general public, are welcome at the remembrance ceremony.
  7. Gettysburg National Cemetery
    Today, the Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for American veterans from all of this country's major wars and conflicts. The cemetery is ... the site of numerous monuments and memorials including the New York Monument, the first statue to Major General John F. Reynolds, and the "Friend to Friend Memorial" in the National Cemetery Annex. Among the interments in the cemetery are the remains of General Charles Collis, former commander of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry who built a summer home at Gettysburg, and Captain William E. Miller, 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry. Miller won the Medal of Honor for his bravery and initiative during the cavalry battle east of Gettysburg on July 3.
  8. Lincoln Memorial -- Civil War
    The Lincoln Memorial chamber is wheelchair accessible via an elevator in the lower lobby. The lower lobby is open daily from 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Wheelchairs are available for loan on a first come first serve basis at the Korean War Veterans Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Kiosks.
  9. Cenotaph -- World War
    Cenotaph is a technical deathgrind band from Ankara, Turkey. They formed in 1994 and released their first demo, Life Immortal in 1995. With their second LP Puked Genital Purulency, they gained a worldwide fame in the death metal and grindcore scenes.
  10. Michael Vartan -- France Michael
    Michael Vartan was born November 27, 1968 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France. He is the only child of a Bulgarian father and a Polish mother who got divorced when Vartan was only five years old. After a childhood spent traveling between France, where his father lived, and the United States, where his mother stayed, Vartan finally moved to the U.S. at age 18. He took up acting and made his film debut in the French movie, Un home et deux femmes in 1991. It wasn't until 1993 when he starred in the Italian epic, Fiorile, that he gained recognition and was nominated for a French Caesar Award for Best Up-and-Coming Actor. His first big budget American project was The Pallbearer with Academy Award-winning actress, Gwyneth Paltrow and Friends star, David Schwimmer.
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