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Great, realistic reads about soldiers for Memorial...

For many, Memorial Day tends to mean a much-awaited long weekend and maybe even a beer-soaked barbecue in the summer sun. But the national holiday, celebrated in some form since the end of the Civil War, commemorates the soldiers who have died fighting ... [ Published 7 hours ago by New York Daily News ]

Entities: Stephen Crane, Kurt Vonnegut, Ernest Hemingway, Gulf War, Anthony Swofford

First Reported May 27 2012 - Updated May 27 2012 - 1 Documents

Public Broadcasting Service

Remember Our Forgotten Men: Memorial Day Movies

While Memorial Day was established to honor fallen soldiers, what better way to honor their memory than to see to it that those who survived are welcomed back home.Among the greatest surprises in my film going experience is this final number from Mervyn ... [ Published May 27 2012 by Creative Loafing ]

Entities: Public Broadcasting Service, Busby Berkeley, Diggers, MCB Camp Lejeune

First Reported May 27 2012 - Updated May 27 2012 - 1 Documents

Artist works to honor veterans

Of all the veterans’ monuments Ralph Sirianni has designed for city, town and village parks throughout Western New York, he walks past his favorite one nearly every day on his way into work.Sirianni, an art therapist who helps veterans process their experiences ... [ Published May 27 2012 by Buffalo News ]

Entities: World War I, Tonawanda (United States), Vietnam

First Reported May 27 2012 - Updated May 27 2012 - 1 Documents

The art of war: Memorial Day through the eyes of Hollywood

And, of course, the time just about every TV channel trots out some war movies.But hold your cheers. The vast majority of those films will have been made well before 1970 — and the rest will center on dishonorable acts in battle or post-traumatic meltdowns ... [ Published May 27 2012 by Star Ledger ]

Entities: Claude Rains, Herbert Marshall, Donald Pleasence

First Reported May 27 2012 - Updated May 27 2012 - 1 Documents

Thorburn owned by first man to propose remembrance silence to honour war dead for sale at Bonhams

Flying Pheasant has a fascinating history. It was owned by Sir Crawford McCullagh, a prominent Ulster politician and the first man to suggest holding a period of silence to commemorate soldiers who had died in the First World War. Photo: Bonhams.LONDON.- ... [ Published May 27 2012 by Artdaily.org ]

Entities: Archibald Thorburn, Crawford McCullagh, Pheasant, Peacock, Eurasian Stone-curlew

First Reported May 27 2012 - Updated May 27 2012 - 1 Documents

Royal Academy

Invisible Ink: No 125 - Rachel Ferguson

Ferguson wrote a play for the suffragettes and enrolled in the Royal Academy for Dramatic Art, at which point the First World War rudely interrupted her plans, and she joined the Women's Voluntary Reserve. After, she embarked on a career as a writer.At ... [ Published May 27 2012 by The Independent ]

Entities: Persephone Books, Royal Academy, World War I