Tag: Memorial Day
Brownsville’s silent march draws massive turnout
By OMAR E. ZAPATA
Volunteers place flags at veterans’s graves in Brownsville
The sun is still slowly climbing into the sky a little after 7 a.m. as voices ring through the headstones Saturday in Brownsville’s Old City Cemetery.
Tax-free holiday: Stock up on energy, water-efficient items
The twin sales-tax holidays for water-efficient and energy-efficient products takes place over the Memorial Day weekend, beginning Saturday and running through Monday.
Photo Gallery: Memorial Day observers in Mission pay tribute to the fallen
The city of Mission and the Veterans Land Board hosted a Memorial Day ceremony Monday to honor those who died serving their country.
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Tribute ride: Cyclist groups, community honor the fallen during Memorial Day
HARLINGEN — Wheels Down Cycling Group and We Are Fit Friends organized their very first Memorial Day tribute ride, and the cyclists were ready...
Veterans, community revive Memorial Day traditions
With U.S. flags, uniforms and commemorative T-shirts, hundreds of veterans and community members participated Monday in a silent march to honor the nation’s fallen...
Memorial Day observers in Mission pay tribute to the fallen
MISSION — The city of Mission and the Veterans Land Board hosted a Memorial Day ceremony Monday to honor those who died serving their...
EDITORIAL: The price: Memorial Day reminds us freedom carries a high cost
“Find the cost of freedom buried in the ground,” the Vietnam-era song tells us. “Mother Earth will swallow you, lay your body down.”
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Remembrance: Veterans hold silent march despite cancellation
When the city decided to cancel its annual silent march to honor veterans and the nation’s fallen soldiers this Memorial Day, one Rio Grande...
