The Easton community turned out despite the overcast sky for the Memorial Day Parade to honor the sacrifices of U.S. military members who died while serving in the Armed Forces. The rain stopped just in time for the parade to step off at 9:30 a.m. The crowd watched as it wound its way along the parade route to the Easton Town Hall where a ceremony honored those who...
This year’s Memorial Day parade is scheduled for Monday, May 27. Participants should arrive at the Easton Fire Department at 9 a.m. Step off will be at 9:30 a.m. sharp. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, sports teams, and veterans march alongside Easton farm tractors and colorful balloon displays. — Rick Falco Photo Following the parade there will be a ceremony at Easton Town...
Memorializing the victims of genocide is essential to the Yazidi community, many of whom remain displaced within Iraq more than eight years later. The final design for the cemetery and memorial was selected through extensive consultations with survivors both displaced and returned and aims not only to honor those who were lost, but also to act as a catalyst for the...
Nadia’s Initiative (NI) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), with support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), have recently completed the “Yazidi Genocide Memorial,” a monument to those who suffered and died at the hands of ISIS during the genocide, and a place of remembrance and healing for those families who were never...
On Wednesday I had the honor of attending the opening ceremony of the Yazidi Genocide Memorial in Solagh, Sinjar. The memorial was built by Nadia’s Initiative in partnership with the International Organization for Migration in Iraq and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, to remember the 2014 genocide. The slaughter of the Yazidi community was one...
Last month, Nadia Murad spoke at the Inauguration of the Yazidi Genocide Memorial in Solagh, Sinjar. The memorial was built by Nadia’s Initiative in partnership with the International Organization for Migration in Iraq and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, to remember the 2014 genocide. The memorial contains the so-called “Grave of the...