Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Top News

A Roll Call to Honor Buried Veterans

May. 24, 2009
Over more than a week, volunteers have been reading the names of all 148,000 military veterans buried at Riverside National Cemetery in California.
Related Stories from UPI.com

Vet deaths drive Arlington growth

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A growing number of deaths among World War II veterans has prompted a new expansion plan for Virginia's Arlington National Cemetery.

Flag-folding recitation banned

RIVERSIDE, Calif., Oct. 26 (UPI) -- A federal agency has banned flag-folding recitations at U.S. veterans cemeteries after a complaint over religious content.

Congress may create war dog monument

RIVERSIDE, Calif., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The West Coast War Dog Memorial in California may soon be joined by a national monument on the East Coast honoring the country's canine protectors.

Bush attends ceremony to honor vets

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush laid a wreath Saturday on the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Contractor for veterans cemetery fired

MOUNT HOLLY, Mich., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The contractor building a much-delayed veterans cemetery in Michigan has been dismissed.

Animal rights delay cemetery construction

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla., Jan. 7 (UPI) -- A battle is brewing in Florida pitting the rights of dead veterans against the rights of the animals threatened by the construction of a military cemetery.

Honor veterans, Bush says

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush urged Americans Tuesday to recognize the valor and sacrifice of the nation's military veterans.

Veterans Day honors 25 million U.S. veterans

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Americans will honor 25 million U.S. veterans of wars and conflicts on Veterans Day next Thursday.

Bush honors nation's veterans

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush Monday placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and praised America's military veterans during Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery. The president also repeated his threat to take action against Iraq if it doe

Bush highlights National Veterans Week

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) --
1 of 23
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
View Caption
A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic