You’re reading a special Memorial Day edition of the Up First newsletter.
Remembering the names of the fallen Today, as on every last Monday in May, Americans honor and mourn fallen military service members for Memorial Day.
This Memorial Day, we invite you to read more stories of those being honored, like Hope’s loved ones, here.
Memorial Day stories you may have missed AAA projects 45.1 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home over the holiday weekend, breaking the domestic travel record set in 2005.
(via GBH) An oral history project for Vietnam War veterans had to be scaled back in Kansas City when President Trump made cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities earlier this year.
keeping the names of the deceased in mind.
I read through them and one word caught my attention: valor.
Hope Sutton’s grandfather, Hans George Faltin, was a member of the World War II military and commanded a unit that disarmed booby traps in former towns. Hope says she submitted both her father’s and grandfather’s stories because she firmly believes in serving others and doing the right thing.
At the beginning of the Vietnam War, Carl was serving. Hope later discovered through medical testing that her father may have been exposed to Agent Orange, which may have contributed to his leukemia death at the age of 38. Though Carl’s name is not on the wall, Hope, a daughter of a war veteran, says she feels a connection to all the other families represented at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the nation’s capital.
It is not necessary for a name to be displayed on a wall in order to be felt or remembered. We encourage you to read additional accounts of people being remembered, including Hope’s loved ones, here this Memorial Day.
Stories from Memorial Day that you might not have heard.
Over the holiday weekend, AAA predicts that 45.1 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home, shattering the 2005 domestic travel record. Here are some suggestions before you board the plane or drive if you are planning a trip today.
Hudson, Mass.’s American Heritage Museum. aims to preserve the lessons and recollections of World War II. Its endeavors include providing guests with the opportunity to ride in a 32-ton M36 Jackson tank destroyer. (Through GBH).
President Trump’s cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities earlier this year forced Kansas City to reduce an oral history project for Vietnam War veterans. However, this month, at a redesigned handover ceremony at American Legion Post 213, historian Gene Chávez welcomed the veterans and their families. via KCUR.
Despite its appearance as a level area of land and dirt, Philadelphia’s Pennypack Sunflower Farm is more than that. It is a component of a new urban agriculture initiative by Heroic Gardens, a nonprofit organization that supports military veterans with their mental health issues through horticultural therapy and gardening. through WHYY.
If you enjoy gardening, especially when you’re on vacation, these gardening life hacks will help you work more efficiently rather than more laboriously. according to Iowa Public Radio.
