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Category: Memorial Day

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022joynealkidney

Dallas County Freedom Rock Selfies

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Memorial Day, to Remember Our War Casualties

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021joynealkidney

Dallas County Freedom Rock Dedicated Two Years Ago

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Memorial Day in Our Cemeteries Around the World

May 30, 2021June 1, 2021joynealkidney

Recent Interviews–The Reason for Memorial Day

May 29, 2021May 29, 2021joynealkidney

Leora Wilson, Poppy Lady

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021joynealkidney

The Poppies of Flanders Fields–Guest Post by Denzil Walton (Belgium)

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021joynealkidney

2Lt. Daniel S. Wilson, Lorraine American Cemetery Plot D, Row 5, Grave 7

May 25, 2021January 7, 2023joynealkidney

Hubert Caloud, Site Superintendent with the American Battle Monuments Commission

February 22, 2021May 8, 2021joynealkidney

Iowa Native Hubert Caloud, Superintendent of the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020joynealkidney

Doris and Darlene Visit France and Belgium and England

November 6, 2020September 17, 2021joynealkidney

A Compelling Memorial for a Fallen Friend

May 25, 2020September 29, 2020joynealkidney

Artist Ray Sorensen’s Freedom Rocks: Iowa Memorial Day Treasures

May 22, 2020May 15, 2021joynealkidney

The Poppies of Flanders Fields–Guest Post by Denzil Walton (from Belgium)

October 23, 2019October 18, 2021joynealkidney

Dedication of the Dallas County Freedom Rock

May 27, 2019April 26, 2021joynealkidney

One Day a Year Set Aside for Those Who Paid With Their Very Lives

May 27, 2019May 27, 2022joynealkidney

Decoration Day 1900–Guthrie Center, Iowa

May 24, 2019January 14, 2023joynealkidney

Lest We Forget. . .

May 25, 2018April 26, 2021joynealkidney

Those Crepe Paper Poppies

May 28, 2017April 26, 2021joynealkidney

Decoration Day

March 13, 2017January 2, 2023joynealkidney

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