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Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) discussed Memorial Day during Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript (via ABC News Radio) as Follows: “Hi, I’m Joni Ernst and I have the honor of serving the great state of Iowa in the United States Senate.

Arlington National Cemetery historian Chris Warren joined Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon on Friday with a timely review of Arlington’s history for Memorial Day.

John Bassett III, chairman of the Vaughan-Bassett furniture company, joined Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon on Friday to talk about his experience visiting Normandy, as chronicled in his book Making It in America: A 12-Point Plan for Growing Your Business and Keeping Jobs at Home.

Complaints from what has been described as a “vocal minority” prompted local government officials in a Georgia town to temporarily remove a Memorial Day display from public property that featured handmade crosses honoring service members killed in America’s wars.

A young man in Ohio has become a local hero after a picture of him lifting an American flag off the ground has got viral on social media.

As Democratic Party leaders struggle to end their increasingly vitriolic presidential primary campaign, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is winning concessions in hopes he’ll tone down the rhetoric.

As part of the Memorial Day commemoration, Breitbart News Daily asked the U.S. Navy officers of the USS Bataan (LHD-5) in New York for Fleet Week for their thoughts on the New Greatest Generation, the outstanding class of military men and women who came of age after the 9/11 attacks.

TEL AVIV – “We will not give up our hope to achieve peace with our enemies- But first we will achieve peace with ourselves,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a speech in Jerusalem on Tuesday in memory of Israel’s fallen soldiers.

Apparently feeling intellectual, The Washington Post sports department decided to mark Memorial Day this year by pondering a deep thought. “Military tributes at baseball games: True honors or hollow gestures?”

Bomb threats were made against five different aircraft, from five different airlines, on flights either originating or landing in the United States on Tuesday. Officials say all five of the threats were “non-credible,” part of a surge in hoax bomb threats in progress since Memorial Day.

A teenage boy stole nearly $500 from two war veterans this Memorial Day weekend. Harvey Krasner, 90, and Gerry Geisler, 79, were raising money for veterans’ organizations in front of a Rancho Mirage, California, grocery store, when the incident occurred.

Bruce Willis spent Memorial Day honoring America’s injured and fallen heroes alongside the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) in New York.

Following a Memorial Day Weekend during which 12 people shot and killed and 43 more were wounded, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said a large part of the solution to the problem is more gun control.

GOP presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson attended a Memorial Day Veterans March in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina over the holiday weekend, talking with veterans and meeting voters.

Strong rip currents proved too powerful for 10 T-shirt wearing beachgoers in Newport Beach waters this Memorial Day as they slipped out to sea–rescued only by a team of watchful lifeguards.

Clothing retailer PacSun removed a controversial upside-down American flag T-shirt from its stores after receiving massive consumer backlash on Memorial Day.

While millions of Americans spent Memorial Day weekend honoring those who died fighting for their country, Lena Dunham observed the national holiday by posting a lingerie photograph and joking it would make a great dinner ensemble because she is “free.”

Over the Memorial Day Weekend in heavily gun controlled Chicago, 12 persons were killed and “at least” 43 were wounded in shootings across the city.

A man whose suspicious vehicle triggered a scare on Capitol Hill on Monday has apologized for parking so close to a Memorial Day concert event with a car full of propane gas and a pressure cooker. Israel Shimeles told NBC 4 Washington that the suspicious items were taken from his food truck, and that it was “stupid” of him not to realize that police would be immediately alarmed by a car with those contents parked so close to a large holiday gathering.

ARLINGTON, Virginia– This year’s Memorial Day in Washington, DC was marked by warm temperatures and a cloudless sky. Thousands of Americans flocked to Arlington National Cemetery to pay their respects to the nearly 400,000 servicemen and women buried here.

Hundreds gathered at Fort Rosecrans in San Diego this Memorial Day to honor those brave service members fallen in the line of service to the citizens of these United States.

Clothing retailer PacSun is facing massive customer backlash on Memorial Day for selling a T-shirt featuring an upside-down black-and-white flag. Angry customers have flooded the company’s social media pages to decry the “disrespectful” A$AP Worldwide T-Shirt, which was designed in

During Memorial Day Services Monday, President Obama reminded everyone present that he had successfully ended the war in Afghanistan.

America’s war veterans are among the most unappreciated members of society. Countless films and documentaries put out by Hollywood and the mainstream media fail to accurately depict their true grit and the horrors they have faced to battle evil the world.

How about a few of you high-rolling elected officials try making do with a bit less luxury, and personally donate some of the obscene profits you’ve skimmed off hard-working taxpayers through endless decades of “service” to the VA? That would really be something to talk about next Memorial Day, wouldn’t it?

On May 22 the Democrats (@TheDemocrats) tweeted a “Happy Memorial Day Weekend” tweet with a picture of President Obama eating an ice cream cone in an ice cream shop. Not an American flag to be seen, no soldier’s death being hallowed.

So you teach American History for a living, but you have never said “Yes” when asked to deliver an address on Memorial Day?

Amongst the finest and most noble traditions of the American people is the commemoration of Memorial Day. Originally known as “Decoration Day,” the modern Memorial Day holiday originates primarily from the last days of the American Civil War, the bloodiest and most traumatic conflict in American history. Although there is still much dispute over the location of the “very first” Memorial Day tribute, there was undoubtedly an explosion of communities across the country that attempted to pay homage to those whom they had lost in battle.

This past weekend, Congressman Ryan Zinke (R-MT) joined Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow for a special Memorial Day edition of Breitbart News Radio. Zinke shared with the listening audience his insights into the fall of the city of Ramadi, Iraq, to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and the release of information about documents from the Navy SEAL Team Six Osama bin Laden raid.

There is no commitment to America’s fighting men and women that President Barack Obama has not broken. When he ran for office in 2008, he promised to leave a residual force in Iraq to secure that country against external meddling and internal collapse. When he took office, President George W. Bush handed over a relatively stable and secure Iraq, thanks to the “surge” Obama opposed, and thanks to the sacrifices made by thousands of Americans, killed and wounded in battle.

There is a memorial that most Americans are not likely to know of, and one that few Americans have likely visited. This is because this memorial – dedicated to brave American soldiers who gave their lives to liberate the oppressed – is in Cuba. It is a monument to the Americans who fell in the battle of Santiago de Cuba, the decisive event that secured Cuban independence from Spain.

There’s an amazing effort each year at this time that encourages runners and walkers to dedicate the miles they put in on Memorial Day to American heroes who paid the ultimate price for our freedom and liberty. The Wear Blue: Run to Remember Event was started by Lisa Hallett, the widow of a fallen soldier as a way to honor her husband and all of our military members who gave all for us.

Veterans told students they can feel conflicted when civilians thank them for their service. People mean well, Grimm said, but some veterans say kind words can ring hollow if the person doesn’t know how, when or why they served.

Disney’s pricey sci-fi/climate-change-warning film Tomorrowland is bombing at the Memorial Day weekend box office. According to Deadline, the film is projected to earn roughly $32 million over the three-day frame, and just under $40 million once Monday’s Memorial Day box office

World War I has received increased attention since its centennial commemoration in 2014, and that attention has led to a push for the Great War to finally have a proper memorial in Washington D.C.

On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7PM to 10PM EST, host Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon will be joined by Bretibart News Editor-in-Chief and co-host Alexander Marlow for a special Memorial Day program. They will discuss the importance of commemoration this special holiday and paying tribute to the Americans that have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.