Memorial Day is a U.S. federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country.
Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground Mother Earth will swallow us, lay your body down -- Stephen Stills (© 1970?)Arizona
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona is a Blue Star Memorial that is "tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America."
- graves ... graves ... graves
- leaning saguaro
- flagpole from the USS Arizona ... Arizona flag
- rock wall ... up close ... eternal flame
- USS Arizona Memorial ... torpedo
- honoring black women veterans
California
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego. {plaque} {Bivouac Of The Dead}
Colorado
Ft. Lyon National Cemetery is in Las Animas, Colorado. The cemetery has almost 2100 graves. {road to cemetery}
Fort Logan National Cemetery is located near Denver. {sign}
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery is located near Elwood, Illinois, a few miles south of Joliet. The cemetery is a Blue Star Memorial and there are already numerous grave sites. This cemetery became the 117th national cemetery within the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration on 03 October 1999. The website for the cemetery says "the 982-acre cemetery will provide 400,000 burial spaces" when it is fully developed.
Maine
Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery is in Augusta, Maine.
- graves ... section A ... flag lined road
Virginia
Arlington National Cemetery, "our nation's most sacred shrine," is located in Arlington, Virginia. The cemetery has over 300,000 people buried in it.
Non-Cemeteries
- World World II Memorial in Washington, DC
- DC War Memorial in Washington, DC
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC
- Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC
- Veterans Memorial in Basco, IL {another view}
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Bangor ME {jeep}
- Highway of Flags Veterans Memorial on Hwy-41, IN { flags ... plaques}
- Veterans Memorial in Pueblo, CO {marker}
- Veterans Memorial in Moab, UT
- Musselshell County War Memorial in MT {another view}
- WWII Memorial in Salem, MA
- Veterans plaque in Tempe, AZ
- Veterans Memorial in Chandler, AZ {plaque}
- Ira H. Hayes Memorial in Sacaton, AZ {mural ... stage}
- Veterans Memorial in Clifton, AZ {another view}
- Veterans Memorial in Benson, AZ
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Phoenix, AZ {another view ... another memorial}
- Veterans Memorial in Holbrook, AZ
- WWI Memorial in Kingman, AZ { another view}
- Veterans Memorial in Hayden, AZ
- Veterans Memorial in Bouse, AZ {monument row}
Miscellaneous
- Military mural in Twentynine Palms, CA{another view}
- Iraqi Freedom mural in Twentynine Palms, CA {mural info}
- Iwo Jima artwork [east of Twentynine Palms, CA]
- Paul Revere's grave in Boston, MA
- Patriotic bandstand in Lingle, WY
- Liberty Eagle in Milwaukie, OR
- baseball field Eagle in Winkelman, AZ
- US Flag with Eagle in SLow, AZ
- Freedom USA mural in Tucson, AZ
- Patriotic truck in Tempe, AZ
- Patriotic boot lightpole in Scottsdale, AZ
- Patriotic birdhouse at the Thurman's in Joliet, IL
- Field of Dreams Veterans Memorial in Fruita, CO {marker}
- Veterans Memorial in Kremmling, CO {plaque}
- Veterans Memorial in Fuita, Colorado {marker}
- Patriotic building in Canon City, Colorado
- General Patton Memorial Museum in Chiriaco Summit, CA
- West Coast Vietnam Wall in Chiriaco Summit, CA
- Brooks Exhibit at Yuma Proving Grounds, AZ {plaque}
- Yuma Armed Forces Park in Yuma, AZ
Healing Fields®
Healing Fields are tributes to those killed on 9/11/2001. Flags with yellow ribbons honor soldiers who have died post 911.
Creator: Gerald Thurman
[gdt@deru.com]
Created: 28 May 2007
