Husband, father, battle hero: Remembering Dad on Memorial Day

So, Dad. It’s Memorial Day once more. A reminder of all of the questions left unasked, all of the solutions by no means shared ... particularly by a daughter who would someday develop into a journalist. It wasn’t ack ack or flak or bullets that killed my father, a U.S. Army Air Corps B-24 Liberator gunner bombing a Japanese island once I was born, a battle hero who was awarded the celebrated Distinguished Flying Cross. Dad survived 4 years of battle solely to succumb to open coronary heart surgical procedure when he was solely 63 years previous, the results of years of smoking cigarettes, emphysema, and utilizing “suspect” fertilizer on one in every of his bountiful gardens

Here Are The Custom Uniforms Red Sox Will Wear For 2017 Holiday Games

Share this: Major League Baseball is getting festive in 2017, and the Boston Red Sox are joining the party. MLB on Tuesday unveiled its “Special Event” series of uniforms for the current season, which includes unique sets of threads that all 30 teams will wear on four separate occasions: Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Father’s Day and Independence Day. So, what do they look like? Chris Creamer of Sportslogos.net offered a sneak peek of the Red Sox’s threads for the four days, including what they’ll wear on All-Star weekend. The league’s other teams will wear similarly-themed jersey combinations — which also include custom socks — throughout each weekend. MLB has rolled out special jerseys before, but it appears they’re taking things even further this year,