Hassan reflects on sacrifices of past generations during Chester Memorial Day ceremony

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Senator Hassan began by saying, “ On Memorial Day, we honor the heroes who gave their lives for our country, who gave up everything just so that others, people whom they never met, could live in freedom. With their sacrifice, they purchased for us not only freedom from tyranny and the freedom to live in a democracy, but also the freedom to experience a multitude of life’s ordinary moments

The heroics of being alive

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, May 30, 2022

At the end of last week’s long difficult life journey, I stood in the back parking lot of my daughter’s

One day is not enough: We must honor our fallen heroes year round

Monday, September 23, 2024Monday, May 31, 2021

Memorial Day is important, to be sure, but our reverence shouldn’t be confined to a single day. Every American has a duty to ensure that our country is ever worthy of the sacrifices that our fallen service members made for us. That includes paying tribute to those we have lost.

Memorial Day: The Meaning of Sacrifice

Monday, May 31, 2021

On Memorial Day, If you want to know the true context of the meaning of sacrifice, “you should head to and read some of the Congressional Medal of Honor citations” says my friend Mike Porcelli, an army veteran and chief of staff of The Gold Shield, a nationwide membership organization dedicated to helping veterans with PTSD and cancer.

On Memorial Day: The Heroics of Staying Alive

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Monday, May 31, 2021

Maybe it’s just that I’m far less interested in the waving flags and speeches than I am in the stories. Maybe I’d rather put a microphone on the lapel of some of these folks while they are still alive than to salute their gravestone after they have passed. Maybe we should ask “How do you feel?” instead of “How did you fight?”

Gunfire on Memorial Day? It’s probably just a 21-gun salute

Monday, January 20, 2025Monday, May 28, 2018

There are a number of 21-gun salutes planned around the city on May 28 between 8 – 11 a.m.

On Memorial Day: Thanking my lucky stars that our nation is the best place on the planet to live and raise a family

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Saturday, May 28, 2016

A Memorial Day message from Sen. Lou D’Allesandro, D-Manchester.

Memorial Day Weekend 2016: Fireworks, parades and remembering those who gave all

Sunday, January 19, 2025Friday, May 27, 2016

Memorial Day, aka Decoration Day, is a time to remember those who served. Take advantage of the long weekend and find some fun.

From a veteran in recovery from heroin: ‘Let us honor our dead by creating hope for our living’

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

I’m not a praying man, but if you are, please pray Joe and all the other Joes and Janes using heroin today, veterans or not, are offered the real choice of recovery, the choice between a life of purpose and a meaningless death.”

Memorial Day and the human cost of war

Saturday, January 18, 2025Monday, May 25, 2015

Memorial Day is a day to remember that the losses of war are permanent and far reaching, and can never be undone.

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