Arlington National Cemetery.
Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) is a federal
holiday for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel
who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
The first national observance of Memorial Day occurred on May
30, 1868.
The day is also considered the unofficial beginning of summer
in the United States.
John Wayne, an actor who came to epitomize the American
West,was born in Winterset, Iowa.
Born Marion Robert Morrison, Wayne’s family moved to
Glendale, California, when he was six years old. As a teen,
he rose at four in the morning to deliver newspapers, and
after school he played football and made deliveries for local
stores.
When he graduated from high school, he hoped to attend the
U.S. Naval Academy. However, after the school rejected him,
he accepted a full scholarship to play football at the University
of Southern California in Los Angeles.
In the summer of 1926, Wayne’s football coach found him a job
as an assistant prop man on the set of a movie directed by John
Ford. Ford started to use Wayne as an extra, and he eventually
began to trust him with some larger roles.
In 1930, Ford recommended Wayne for Fox’s epic Western The
Big Trail. Wayne won the part, but the movie did poorly, and Fox
let his contract lapse.
1954
1969
Wayne won the Academy Award for Best
Actor and the Golden Globe Award for
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama,
his only competitive win for either
institution.
(FOX NEWS) – "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Roberton has
died. His family made the announcement on Sunday.
The TV personality’s daughter-in-law Korie Robertson announced the news on Instagram. Robertson had
previously battled Alzheimer’s disease.
The post read…"We celebrate today that our father,
husband, and grandfather, Phil Robertson, is now
with the Lord."
Original release on A&E from March 21, 2012
– April 5, 2017.
Alex Palou (28) made a late pass around Marcus Ericsson to move
into first place and held off the rest of the leaders to win the
Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.
It’s the first time Palou has ever won the Indy 500.
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The 142nd Wing of the Portland Air
National Guard Base is set to conduct Memorial Day flyovers
across northwest Oregon and southwest Washington.
The flyovers, featuring F-15 Eagle fighter jets, will take place at
various community locations on Monday, May 26.
Maj. Graham Johnson, one of the two pilots participating in the
flyovers, expressed his pride in the mission. "It’s an incredible
honor to fly for the Air National Guard on Memorial Day, paying
tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom."
The flyovers are scheduled to begin at 9:14 a.m. at Forest Lawn
Cemetery in Gresham and will continue at several other sites,
including Veterans Memorial in Springfield, Willamette National
Cemetery in Portland, and Fort Vancouver in Vancouver,
Washington.
