#memorial

3:17pm, 11th April, 2019

Obama letter praises Nipsey Hussle at slain rapper's packed memorial

Former U.S. President Barack Obama praised the legacy of slain Los Angeles rapper Nipsey Hussle on Thursday in a letter read during a public memorial attended by thousands of fans, many of them dressed in white.

Nipsey Hussle music fans stream into Los Angeles memorial

12:31pm, 11th April, 2019

Entertainment

Nipsey Hussle music fans stream into Los Angeles memorial

Thousands of people streamed into a public memorial in Los Angeles on Thursday for slain rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was gunned down in the city last month.

At Ethiopia flight memorial, white roses mark passing of lives

10:08am, 17th March, 2019

World

At Ethiopia flight memorial, white roses mark passing of lives

Bouquets of white roses surrounded aviation staff as they gathered at Bole International Airport on Sunday to remember the two pilots and six crew, who perished along with 149 passengers in the Ethiopia Airlines crash a week ago.

War memorial or religious symbol? Cross fight reaches U.S. high court

7:28am, 22nd February, 2019

US

War memorial or religious symbol? Cross fight reaches U.S. high court

When Fred Edwords first drove by the 40-foot-tall (12 meters) concrete cross that has stood for nearly a century on a busy intersection in suburban Maryland outside the U.S. capital, his first reaction was, "What is that doing there?"

Teen in Lincoln Memorial protest sues Washington Post for $250 million

6:02pm, 19th February, 2019

US

Teen in Lincoln Memorial protest sues Washington Post for $250 million

A high school student from Covington, Kentucky, at the center of a videotaped incident at the Lincoln Memorial involving a Native American activist sued the Washington Post for defamation on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper "vilified" him because he i...

In Pittsburgh's 'darkest hour,' 2,500 attend synagogue massacre memorial

7:46pm, 28th October, 2018

US

In Pittsburgh's 'darkest hour,' 2,500 attend synagogue massacre memorial

Some 2,500 people gathered on Sunday at a memorial service for the 11 Jewish worshipers slain in their Pittsburgh synagogue during Sabbath prayers, a mass murder the mayor called the city's "darkest hour" while exhorting mourners to "defeat hate...

Trump pays tribute to 9/11 'true heroes' in Pennsylvania memorial visit

11:19am, 11th September, 2018

Politics

Trump pays tribute to 9/11 'true heroes' in Pennsylvania memorial visit

President Donald Trump on Tuesday lauded the men and women of United Flight 93 for saving countless lives when they struggled with hijackers on Sept. 11, 2001 and called the field where the plane went down a monument to "American defiance."

Philippines' Duterte says 'never again' at Israel's Holocaust memorial

1:49pm, 3rd September, 2018

World

Philippines' Duterte says 'never again' at Israel's Holocaust memorial

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who once likened his crime-fighting policy to Hitler's mass murders and then apologized for the comparison, on Monday laid a wreath to commemorate the Holocaust dead in Jerusalem.

Former Vice President Biden to lead memorial tribute to McCain

5:39am, 30th August, 2018

Politics

Former Vice President Biden to lead memorial tribute to McCain

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was due to lead mourners in saluting the late John McCain, his former Senate colleague, at a Phoenix church service on Thursday celebrating the life of the Vietnam War hero and two-time Republican presidential can...

Memorial tributes to Senator John McCain open in Arizona Capitol

2:10pm, 29th August, 2018

US

Memorial tributes to Senator John McCain open in Arizona Capitol

Family, former colleagues and other dignitaries filed past the flag-draped casket of Senator John McCain inside the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday for the first of several memorial tributes planned for the war hero and two-time Republican presidential...