memorial

People often say that parents should outlive their children, but that isn't always the case.  To help those parents cope with the loss of their child or children, there is a national/international network of memorial parks.  One such park is located on the Range and is taking orders for memorial tiles to be placed on a memorial wall.

Ok, I admit that I did a horrible job taking this pic.  I cut the Statue of Liberty's head off, but it's because I was trying to make sure I got the dog in the picture.  My apologies.  Little did I know that when I was taking the pic of my daughter Kylee as we were out for a walk near the harbor two weeks ago, that I'd be using it to explain where they will commemorate 9/11 this year.  Here are th

My father died when I was seven, my mom passed in 2000 and at the time I told her I would continue her tradition of fresh flowers in the cemetery basket for her and dad.  As I put that into prospective, she drove past the cemetery every day to work and it was easy for her to stop and water the plants in the cemetery basket.  I rarely pass by the cemetery now that I am not living in the area and th

The outdoors community was shocked this last weekend when we learned that Pro Fisherman Jim Hudson had died after falling through the ice on Lake Superior this weekend.  I never met Jim, but I had seen him on outdoor segments and had a lot of respect for him.  Here's a great tribute put together by one of his friends.

In an “oops” of epic proportions, a 9/11 victim’s name was apparently misspelled on the New York memorial unveiled this past weekend. Jeffrey Schreier worked for financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald, and was one of the many from that company killed on September 11, 2001. When his relatives visited the memorial during the 10th anniversary commemorations on Sunday, they were shocked to see his first nam

The National September 11 Memorial will be unveiled on the 10th anniversary of the attacks next month. Workers have been toiling at the site for seven years, but this time-lapse video crunches it all down to just a minute and a half.