memorial day

  • THE LAST SACRIFICE

    The seeds of the commemoration of what we now know as Memorial Day were sown after the United States’ Civil War. Entire families began to gather, in late spring, to bring flowers and souvenirs to the graves of their relatives, neighbors and friends killed in the bloodiest of the...
  • EL ULTIMO SACRIFICIO

    Las semillas de la conmemoración de lo que hoy conocemos como Memorial Day fueron sembradas después de la Guerra Civil de los Estados Unidos. Familias enteras empezaron a reunirse, al final de la primavera, para llevar flores y recuerdos a las tumbas de sus familiares, vecinos y amigos muertos en el...
  • Workers’ Memorial Day: Group Calls for Justice After Farmworker Death

    Eric Tegethoff Public News Service SUMAS, Wash. – Saturday April 28 was Workers’ Memorial Day, a commemoration of people who’ve lost their lives on the job. In Washington state, the farm community is remembering Ernesto Silva Ibarra, a 28-year-old farmworker who became ill last summer while picking berries during...
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