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  1. Prices in Houston could get dangerously close to four dollars here, or slightly higher than four dollars, come Memorial Day weekend or some point in May. That's typically when gas prices peak, early in the summer months.
    SOURCE: KUHF Houston Galveston 1 month ago
  2. FanimeCon, in partnership with the Steam Federation, is proud to announce Clockwork Alchemy. This new venue for Steampunk will be held concurrently with FanimeCon during Memorial Day weekend.
    SOURCE: Tor: Science Fiction Blog 1 month ago
  3. It is important to have the 2012 Memorial Day parade in order to honor our veterans, especially at this time when so many veterans have been able to return home after having been deployed for so long
    SOURCE: Hartford Courant 1 month ago
  4. The town has enlisted one of Hollywood’s most famous leading men to serve as grand marshal for this year’s Memorial Day callithump.
    SOURCE: Bermudaonion's Weblog 2 months ago
  5. Back in the day you had the dance floor there with the juke box. On the Fourth of July you could hardly find a spot to park. Same on Memorial Day. Over the years there has been some disrepair ... Now it’s back up again, and there’s a lot of picnics out there, but we need to keep going.
    SOURCE: Miami Herald 2 months ago
  6. I’ve seen this as I visited our Mississippi troops in Afghanistan on Memorial Day ... and those 18 to 24 year-olds on their second, third and fourth tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan have the same selfless commitment to serve their nation as any other generation.
    – Steven Palazzo SOURCE: DVIDS 2 months ago
  7. If this trend continues, Thanksgiving is going to become another Memorial Day or Fourth of July, where it's all about sales ... You won't have time to have dinner with the family. You will have to be camping out to get the deals.
    SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette 2 months ago
  8. We often remember our veterans on Memorial Day, but around the holidays, a lot of families are without their loved ones
    SOURCE: Plattsburgh Press-Republican 2 months ago
  9. For us, it's just like a service on Veterans Day or Memorial Day
    SOURCE: Plattsburgh Press-Republican 2 months ago
  10. They had not had anything mentioned in 40 years ... To have their sons' names called at the Memorial Day parade was such a huge, huge honor.
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 2 months ago
  11. I was there for the Memorial Day Parade, where they tossed ticker tape from tall windows. I saw people leaving food on their plates in restaurants. I had flashbacks of how not too long ago we were searching under the snow for grass to eat. When I saw all of the waste, I just cried.
    SOURCE: Cullman Times 2 months ago
  12. A little. But in 6th grade I read my ‘Ode to Veterans’ during Wixon’s Memorial Day celebration, so I was a little used to doing it ... That’s what inspired me to write the last paragraph about veterans.
    SOURCE: Wicked Local - Dennis 2 months ago
  13. It's not going to be like our Memorial Day or Labor Day weekends. The Hampton Bays Chamber of Commerce is confident that this will be a wonderful local holiday season
    SOURCE: Hampton Bays Patch 2 months ago
  14. As consumers weigh the fear of economic uncertainty and the desire to create lasting family memories this holiday, more Americans are expected to choose family and friends over frugality. This is the first significant increase in any holiday travel this year ... Memorial Day travel was statistically fla...
    SOURCE: iStockAnalyst 2 months ago
  15. Memorial Day travel was statistically flat while Independence Day and Labor Day travel experienced decreases of 2.5 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively.
    SOURCE: United Press International 2 months ago
  16. The uptick in the number of Thanksgiving travelers this year represents the first significant increase in any major holiday travel this year ... Memorial Day travel was statistically flat, while Independence Day and Labor Day travel experienced decreases of 2.5 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively.
    SOURCE: The Salisbury Daily Times 2 months ago
  17. On this Memorial Day as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes, and I see many of them in the audience here today ...
    SOURCE: Inside Bay Area 2 months ago
  18. Over the summertime, demand for travel remained relatively flat from Memorial Day to Fourth of July to Labor Day, with even some minor decreases compared from 2010 ... We’re thinking that for those individuals who may be financially strapped or don’t have the means to take more than one vacation, they’r...
    SOURCE: Northwest Florida Daily News 2 months ago
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Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (in 2008 on May 26). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in military service to their country. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War, it was expanded after World War I to include American... Full Article

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    Russian Jews attend a service marking Holocaust Memorial Day in a synagogue in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.

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  2. BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: A young man leaps across stellae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also called the Holocaust Memorial, on January 26, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Germany will observe Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27 to commemorate the 6 million Jews and... Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

    BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: A young man leaps across stellae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also called the Holocaust Memorial, on January 26, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Germany will observe Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27 to commemorate the 6 million Jews and...

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  3. BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: Visitors walk among stellae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also called the Holocaust Memorial, on January 26, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Germany will observe Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27 to commemorate the 6 million Jews and other... Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

    BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: Visitors walk among stellae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also called the Holocaust Memorial, on January 26, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Germany will observe Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27 to commemorate the 6 million Jews and other...

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  4. Member of German left wing party Die Linke attend a commemoration service for the victims of national socialism on International Holocaust Memorial Day at the Reichstag building, seat of the German lower house of Parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, January 27, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 weeks ago

    Member of German left wing party Die Linke attend a commemoration service for the victims of national socialism on International Holocaust Memorial Day at the Reichstag building, seat of the German lower house of Parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, January 27, 2012.

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  5. Parliamentary floor leader Volker Kauder (L) of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) chats with leader of German Social Democratic Party SPD Sigmar Gabriel before a commemoration service for the victims of national socialism on International Holocaust Memorial Day at the... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 weeks ago

    Parliamentary floor leader Volker Kauder (L) of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) chats with leader of German Social Democratic Party SPD Sigmar Gabriel before a commemoration service for the victims of national socialism on International Holocaust Memorial Day at the...

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  6. An EU flag is set at half-mast atop of the Reichstag, seat of the German lower house of Parliament Bundestag, for a commemoration service for the victims of national socialism on International Holocaust Memorial Day, in Berlin, January 27, 2012. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 weeks ago

    An EU flag is set at half-mast atop of the Reichstag, seat of the German lower house of Parliament Bundestag, for a commemoration service for the victims of national socialism on International Holocaust Memorial Day, in Berlin, January 27, 2012.

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  7. Holocaust-survivor and Germany's famous literature critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki is reflected in a glass barrier during his speech at a commemoration service for the victims of national socialism on International Holocaust Memorial Day at the Reichstag building, seat of the German lower house... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 weeks ago

    Holocaust-survivor and Germany's famous literature critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki is reflected in a glass barrier during his speech at a commemoration service for the victims of national socialism on International Holocaust Memorial Day at the Reichstag building, seat of the German lower house...

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  8. Holocaust-survivor and Germany's famous literature critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki delivers speech during a commemoration service for the victims of national socialism on International Holocaust Memorial Day at the Reichstag building, seat of the German lower house of Parliament Bundestag, in... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 weeks ago

    Holocaust-survivor and Germany's famous literature critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki delivers speech during a commemoration service for the victims of national socialism on International Holocaust Memorial Day at the Reichstag building, seat of the German lower house of Parliament Bundestag, in...

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  9. German President Christian Wulff (L-R) President of the Bundesstag Norbert Lammert, Holocaust-survivor and Germany's famous literature critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of the German Constitutional Court Andreas Vosskuhle leave a commemoration service for... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 weeks ago

    German President Christian Wulff (L-R) President of the Bundesstag Norbert Lammert, Holocaust-survivor and Germany's famous literature critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President of the German Constitutional Court Andreas Vosskuhle leave a commemoration service for...

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  10. Holocaust-survivor and Germany's famous literature critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki (L) President of the Bundesstag Norbert Lammert and President Christian Wulff arrive for a commemoration service for the victims of national socialism on International Holocaust Memorial Day at the Reichstag,... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 3 weeks ago

    Holocaust-survivor and Germany's famous literature critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki (L) President of the Bundesstag Norbert Lammert and President Christian Wulff arrive for a commemoration service for the victims of national socialism on International Holocaust Memorial Day at the Reichstag,...

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  11. BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: A man on a bicycle rides past stellae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also called the Holocaust Memorial, on January 26, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Germany will observe Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27 to commemorate the 6 million Jews... Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

    BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: A man on a bicycle rides past stellae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also called the Holocaust Memorial, on January 26, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. Germany will observe Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27 to commemorate the 6 million Jews...

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  12. A photograph provided by David Starbuck and made in 1993 shows human skeletons uncovered during a 1950s archaeological excavation prior to the reconstruction of Fort William Henry in Lake George, N.Y. They were among the 10 skeletons of French and Indian War soldiers unearthed in what... AP Photo logo AP Photo 2 weeks ago

    A photograph provided by David Starbuck and made in 1993 shows human skeletons uncovered during a 1950s archaeological excavation prior to the reconstruction of Fort William Henry in Lake George, N.Y. They were among the 10 skeletons of French and Indian War soldiers unearthed in what...

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  13. The mayors of five Idaho cities, as well as Lori Otter, wife of Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, appear at a press conference on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 in Boise, Idaho announcing the host cities for the upcoming Exergy Tour, a women's professional cycling event planned for May 24-28. From left... AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 days ago

    The mayors of five Idaho cities, as well as Lori Otter, wife of Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter, appear at a press conference on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 in Boise, Idaho announcing the host cities for the upcoming Exergy Tour, a women's professional cycling event planned for May 24-28. From left...

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  14. NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 21: Candles are lit for three homeless men who died over the past year during a service at Judson Memorial Church on National Homeless Persons Memorial Day on December 21, 2011 in New York City. The annual interfaith service is organized by the homeless advocacy... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 21: Candles are lit for three homeless men who died over the past year during a service at Judson Memorial Church on National Homeless Persons Memorial Day on December 21, 2011 in New York City. The annual interfaith service is organized by the homeless advocacy...

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  15. NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 21: Bernard Anderson speaks about his friend Ron Santos, a homeless man who died in 2011, during a service at Judson Memorial Church on National Homeless Persons Memorial Day on December 21, 2011 in New York City. The annual interfaith service is organized by... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 21: Bernard Anderson speaks about his friend Ron Santos, a homeless man who died in 2011, during a service at Judson Memorial Church on National Homeless Persons Memorial Day on December 21, 2011 in New York City. The annual interfaith service is organized by...

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  16. NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 21: Rabbi Michael Fienberg lights a Hanukkah candle at a service at Judson Memorial Church on National Homeless Persons Memorial Day on December 21, 2011 in New York City. The annual interfaith service is organized by the homeless advocacy group Picture the... Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

    NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 21: Rabbi Michael Fienberg lights a Hanukkah candle at a service at Judson Memorial Church on National Homeless Persons Memorial Day on December 21, 2011 in New York City. The annual interfaith service is organized by the homeless advocacy group Picture the...

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  17. Christians pray during an anti-North Korea rally marking Memorial Day in Seoul June 6, 2011. Thousands of people including conservative rightists gathered for the rally on Monday to commemorate fallen patriots of the 1950-53 Korean War and other significant armed conflicts. North and... Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

    Christians pray during an anti-North Korea rally marking Memorial Day in Seoul June 6, 2011. Thousands of people including conservative rightists gathered for the rally on Monday to commemorate fallen patriots of the 1950-53 Korean War and other significant armed conflicts. North and...

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  18. Dancers perform to commemorate fallen patriots during a Memorial Day ceremony at the national cemetery in Seoul, June 6, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

    Dancers perform to commemorate fallen patriots during a Memorial Day ceremony at the national cemetery in Seoul, June 6, 2011.

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  19. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak burns incense during a Memorial Day ceremony at the national cemetery in Seoul June 6, 2011. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

    South Korean President Lee Myung-bak burns incense during a Memorial Day ceremony at the national cemetery in Seoul June 6, 2011.

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  20. LAKEVILLE, CT - MAY 30: The green flag waves to start the Memorial Day Classic Grand-AM Rolex Series race at Lime Rock Park on May 30, 2011 in Lakeville, Connecticut. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

    LAKEVILLE, CT - MAY 30: The green flag waves to start the Memorial Day Classic Grand-AM Rolex Series race at Lime Rock Park on May 30, 2011 in Lakeville, Connecticut.

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  21. Contestants line up for the Memorial Day bodybuilding contest at Muscle Beach in Venice, Los Angeles, California, May 30, 2011. The bodybuilding contest is held annually during the Memorial Day weekend. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

    Contestants line up for the Memorial Day bodybuilding contest at Muscle Beach in Venice, Los Angeles, California, May 30, 2011. The bodybuilding contest is held annually during the Memorial Day weekend.

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  22. Alicia Baker, 26, looks in the mirror before the Memorial Day bodybuilding contest at Muscle Beach in Venice, Los Angeles, California, May 30, 2011. The bodybuilding contest is held annually during the Memorial Day weekend. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 8 months ago

    Alicia Baker, 26, looks in the mirror before the Memorial Day bodybuilding contest at Muscle Beach in Venice, Los Angeles, California, May 30, 2011. The bodybuilding contest is held annually during the Memorial Day weekend.

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  23. LAKEVILLE, CT - MAY 30: Driver/actor Patrick Dempsey prepares to drive in the Memorial Day Classic Grand-Am Rolex Series race at Lime Rock Park on May 30, 2011 in Lakeville, Connecticut. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

    LAKEVILLE, CT - MAY 30: Driver/actor Patrick Dempsey prepares to drive in the Memorial Day Classic Grand-Am Rolex Series race at Lime Rock Park on May 30, 2011 in Lakeville, Connecticut.

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  24. LAKEVILLE, CT - MAY 30: Driver Alex Gurney in the pits before the Memorial Day Classic Grand-Am Rolex Series race at Lime Rock Park on May 30, 2011 in Lakeville, Connecticut. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

    LAKEVILLE, CT - MAY 30: Driver Alex Gurney in the pits before the Memorial Day Classic Grand-Am Rolex Series race at Lime Rock Park on May 30, 2011 in Lakeville, Connecticut.

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  25. LAKEVILLE, CT - MAY 30: Driver/actor Patrick Dempsey stands in the pits before the Memorial Day Classic Grand-Am Rolex Series race at Lime Rock Park on May 30, 2011 in Lakeville, Connecticut. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

    LAKEVILLE, CT - MAY 30: Driver/actor Patrick Dempsey stands in the pits before the Memorial Day Classic Grand-Am Rolex Series race at Lime Rock Park on May 30, 2011 in Lakeville, Connecticut.

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  1. Prices in Houston could get dangerously close to four dollars here, or slightly higher than four dollars, come Memorial Day weekend or some point in May. That's typically when gas prices peak, early in the summer months.
    SOURCE: KUHF Houston Galveston 1 month ago
  2. FanimeCon, in partnership with the Steam Federation, is proud to announce Clockwork Alchemy. This new venue for Steampunk will be held concurrently with FanimeCon during Memorial Day weekend.
    SOURCE: Tor: Science Fiction Blog 1 month ago
  3. It is important to have the 2012 Memorial Day parade in order to honor our veterans, especially at this time when so many veterans have been able to return home after having been deployed for so long
    SOURCE: Hartford Courant 1 month ago
  4. The town has enlisted one of Hollywood’s most famous leading men to serve as grand marshal for this year’s Memorial Day callithump.
    SOURCE: Bermudaonion's Weblog 2 months ago
  5. Back in the day you had the dance floor there with the juke box. On the Fourth of July you could hardly find a spot to park. Same on Memorial Day. Over the years there has been some disrepair ... Now it’s back up again, and there’s a lot of picnics out there, but we need to keep going.
    SOURCE: Miami Herald 2 months ago
  6. I’ve seen this as I visited our Mississippi troops in Afghanistan on Memorial Day ... and those 18 to 24 year-olds on their second, third and fourth tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan have the same selfless commitment to serve their nation as any other generation.
    – Steven Palazzo SOURCE: DVIDS 2 months ago
  7. If this trend continues, Thanksgiving is going to become another Memorial Day or Fourth of July, where it's all about sales ... You won't have time to have dinner with the family. You will have to be camping out to get the deals.
    SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette 2 months ago
  8. We often remember our veterans on Memorial Day, but around the holidays, a lot of families are without their loved ones
    SOURCE: Plattsburgh Press-Republican 2 months ago
  9. For us, it's just like a service on Veterans Day or Memorial Day
    SOURCE: Plattsburgh Press-Republican 2 months ago
  10. They had not had anything mentioned in 40 years ... To have their sons' names called at the Memorial Day parade was such a huge, huge honor.
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 2 months ago
  11. I was there for the Memorial Day Parade, where they tossed ticker tape from tall windows. I saw people leaving food on their plates in restaurants. I had flashbacks of how not too long ago we were searching under the snow for grass to eat. When I saw all of the waste, I just cried.
    SOURCE: Cullman Times 2 months ago
  12. A little. But in 6th grade I read my ‘Ode to Veterans’ during Wixon’s Memorial Day celebration, so I was a little used to doing it ... That’s what inspired me to write the last paragraph about veterans.
    SOURCE: Wicked Local - Dennis 2 months ago
  13. It's not going to be like our Memorial Day or Labor Day weekends. The Hampton Bays Chamber of Commerce is confident that this will be a wonderful local holiday season
    SOURCE: Hampton Bays Patch 2 months ago
  14. As consumers weigh the fear of economic uncertainty and the desire to create lasting family memories this holiday, more Americans are expected to choose family and friends over frugality. This is the first significant increase in any holiday travel this year ... Memorial Day travel was statistically fla...
    SOURCE: iStockAnalyst 2 months ago
  15. Memorial Day travel was statistically flat while Independence Day and Labor Day travel experienced decreases of 2.5 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively.
    SOURCE: United Press International 2 months ago
  16. The uptick in the number of Thanksgiving travelers this year represents the first significant increase in any major holiday travel this year ... Memorial Day travel was statistically flat, while Independence Day and Labor Day travel experienced decreases of 2.5 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively.
    SOURCE: The Salisbury Daily Times 2 months ago
  17. On this Memorial Day as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes, and I see many of them in the audience here today ...
    SOURCE: Inside Bay Area 2 months ago
  18. Over the summertime, demand for travel remained relatively flat from Memorial Day to Fourth of July to Labor Day, with even some minor decreases compared from 2010 ... We’re thinking that for those individuals who may be financially strapped or don’t have the means to take more than one vacation, they’r...
    SOURCE: Northwest Florida Daily News 2 months ago