memorial day

A small but enthusiastic group met at the Western Montana Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Monday morning for the first of many ceremonies to honor those who gave their lives for the country in the U.S. military.

Fixed speed limits were reinstated on Memorial Day weekend 1999. After the new Speed Limits were established, interstates fatal accidents went up 111%.

Memorial Day is a hard day for many but the memories of those closest to us need to be kept alive. We celebrate who they were — not what we lost.

A poignant moment from a Naval Officer during Missoula Memorial Day ceremonies, as he honored a member of his unity who was killed in the Iraq war.

The first of 36 wreath-laying ceremonies to commemorate Memorial Day in Missoula revealed a poignant memory for local U.S. Naval Master Chief Petty Officer Terry Zieba.

It’s tough to have a happy day remembering those who are no longer with us. We relive memories, things that defined their lives, and touched ours.

I left Vietnam in January of 1967 — forty-nine years ago. From that day on all holidays have meaning for me because I am here to celebrate them when so many are not.

Late Friday night, Thomas Dempsey and Nick West were arrested for the robbery of a Missoula casino and for carjacking a Washington family at gunpoint almost 24 hours earlier. They will appear in justice court today.

Today we honor the brave men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice fighting for our freedoms. We honor them by not taking for granted the freedoms for which they died.

It should not be a day of hotdogs and potato salad. It should be a day that we reflect on the empty chair at the dinner table.