Cornell Law School graduation was held this year at the campus sports arena used for basketball games. It was the first time that I can remember that the sports complex was used for that purpose, and the faculty met in the Class of 1944 room as we awaited the processional.
If...
Each memorial day we try to focus on the lives of a small number of individuals who gave their lives for our country, and whose stories we have followed for several years.
Rachel Porto, the widow of Marine Corporal Jonathan Porto, wrote a moving post for Legal insurrection,
As of now, I’m still planning on heading to Israel at the end of next week, though that could always change last minute. Family health issues seem under control at the moment, and I’m going with one of my daughters so I really didn’t want to cancel if at all possible.
I...
I’m in Israel now.
A fitting place to be on Memorial Day because the lives and freedoms of the two nations are so intertwined.
Without the sacrifices of those who fought and died to protect our freedom, there would be no freedom for our friends and allies.
We have remembered Air Force Lt. Roslyn Schulte...
Air Force Lt. Roslyn Schulte of Ladue, Missouri, was buried on Memorial Day, 2009.
We have remembered her previously as best we can:
I noted in 2012:
I remember seeing this post at Gateway Pundit, on...
She was buried on Memorial Day 2009, as we discussed in Remembering Lt. Roslyn Schulte – buried on Memorial Day 2009, which has many further details, videos and photos.
As described at Gateway Pundit, on May 26, 2009:
Lt. Roslyn Schulte was the first female Air Force Academy graduate to be killed in Iraq or...
On this day we honor all the fallen, three of whom we have remembered here before, Johnny “Mike” Spann, Cpl Jonathan Daniel Porto, ...
