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At Veterans Cemetery, a Roll Call to Honor All Buried There

May. 23, 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.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday to mark the 90th anniversary of World War I.

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HARRINGTON, Maine, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- A Maine company is donating thousands of wreaths to decorate veterans' graves in Arlington National Cemetery and elsewhere.

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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.

New cemetery space sets off land rush

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The hottest property in Orlando may be in the city cemetery, an expanse of rolling hills and live oaks that is historic by central Florida standards.

Contractor for veterans cemetery fired

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

Vets' bodies await delayed cemetery

HOLLY, Mich., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- The bodies of at least 14 veterans are being held for burial in a delayed national cemetery in the Detroit area.

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.

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
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visited in Washington
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic