Last week was Draft Week here on the site, and I missed it, which is a shame because I actually had a decent topic lined up. Lucky for me this is an open week, so I'm free to talk about whatever I want, including last week's topic.
Monday, May 29, 2023, per NJSA 36:1-1 for Memorial Day, which is observed on the last Monday of May, commemorates the men and women who died while in the military service. In observance of Memorial Day, fly the United States flag at half staff from sunrise until NOON, and then raise it to full height from noon to sundown.
Manday, May 27, 2019 per NJSA 36:1-1 for Memorial Day, which is observed on the last Monday of May, commemorates the men and women who died while in the military service. In observance of Memorial Day, fly the United States flag at half staff from sunrise until NOON, and then raise it to full height from noon to sundown.
Superior Court Jury Service begins on the second Monday of January, April, and July, and on the 3rd Monday of October. Jury service terms can last from hours to days to weeks, depending on the case. Many issues influence the length of a jury trial. Prospective jurors are typically summoned six weeks prior to the start date of the jury service.
State Court Jury Service begins on the Wednesday following the last Monday of April, July, and October. Jury service typically lasts for one day, excepting special circumstances. Prospective jurors typically receive a jury summons four weeks prior to the start of jury service.
It is the story of Robin and Diana Cavendish (played by Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy), who meet in 1957 and soon marry. Robin is a tea broker and so they travel to Kenya for his work, enjoying a happy and loving life together. It is when Diana is pregnant with their first child, that Robin contracts polio, which results in the devastating news that he will be permanently paralysed from the neck down. He can only last two minutes at most off an external ventilator and doctors give him mere months to live.
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And now consider this silent assembly of the dead. What does it represent? Nay, rather, what does it not represent? It is an epitome of the war. Here are sheaves reaped in the harvest of death, from every battlefield of Virginia. If each grave had a voice to tell us what its silent tenant last saw and heard on earth, we might stand, with uncovered heads, and hear the whole story of the war. We should hear that one perished when the first great drops of the crimson shower began to fall, when the darkness of that first disaster at Manassas fell like an eclipse on the Nation; that another died of disease while wearily waiting for winter to end; that this one fell on the field, in sight of the spires of Richmond, little dreaming that the flag must be carried through three more years of blood before it should be planted in that citadel of treason; and that one fell when the tide of war had swept us back till the roar of rebel guns shook the dome of yonder Capitol, and re-echoed in the chambers of the Executive Mansion. We should hear mingled voices from the Rappahannock, the Rapidan, the Chickahominy, and the James; solemn voices from the Wilderness, and triumphant shouts from the Shenandoah, from Petersburg, and the Five Forks, mingled with the wild acclaim of victory and the sweet chorus of returning peace. The voices of these dead will forever fill the land like holy benedictions.
Since 2001, the 'National Moment of Remembrance Act' has defined 3pm local time on Memorial Day as the National Moment of Remembrance. A number of organizations throughout the country observe this moment, including Amtrak, whose trains blast their whistles, Major League Baseball and NASCAR.
Memorial Day 2023: Memorial Day, commonly referred to as Decoration Day, is a federal holiday observed every year in the US. The day acknowledges and mourns the sacrifices of fallen American military personnel. It is usually observed on the last Monday of May, which falls on May 29 this year. Memorial Day 2023: History During the war, women took the lead in developing the increasingly formal tradition of grave decoration. On May 5, 1868, three years after the Civil War came to an end, the leader of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a group of Union veterans, founded Decoration Day as a day for the country to decorate the graves of the fallen soldiers with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan chose the day to be May 30.
The series of shootings came amid declines in both homicides and shootings this year in Chicago compared to 2022. Prior to the weekend, homicides in Chicago were down 7% from the 257 slayings that occurred in the first half of 2022, according to the Chicago Police Department's crime statistics. Shooting incidents are also down 5% this year compared to this time last year, the crime data shows.
This weekend's shootings marked one of the most violent holiday weekends this year in Chicago, surpassing Memorial Day weekend when 53 people were shot, 11 fatally, in 42 separate incidents across the city, according to police. At least 31 people were shot last weekend in Chicago, four fatally, in 26 separate incidents, police said.
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