Owen Garrison didn't shed a tear. Despite his hands shaking, the voice of the 88-year-old World War II Navy veteran rang patriotic red, while and blue clear Sunday afternoon at the Cedarville ...

Richard Levine, a retired NYC teacher, is the author of Now in Contest, Selected Poems, Contiguous States, and five chapbooks. An Advisory Editor of BigCityLit.com, he is the recipient of the 2021 ...

Longfellow’s “Decoration Day” may not rank among his canonic Atlantic verse, but it imparts a burnished poignancy all its own. In the solemn, hymn-like strains that were a hallmark of the ...

Rhea Carmon, former poet laureate of Knoxville, read Giovanni's poem "Knoxville, Tennessee" during the memorial service, while the Knoxville District Baptist Association Choir sang songs of praise.

Carol Schappell clutched an American flag Sunday morning at Memorial Day services near the borough’s monument to veterans. “My father, Guy C. Degler, served in World War II,” said Schappell ...

It's can be easy to forget that somber message, which is exactly why everyone should be reading some of the below patriotic poems for Memorial Day, and maybe even sharing them on social media.