Tag: Memorial Day
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Atlanta Jazz Festival – Piedmont Park – Memorial Day Weekend 2019
Note: continuing a series about great Atlanta events that were canceled or postponed in 2021, and will hopefully return in full force in 2022. Kelly
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Georgia honors fallen soldiers; Gov. Kemp salutes officer shot in search for Bowe Bergdahl
The nation’s mourning for fallen soldiers will be mostly private this year. The governor did join a ceremony for a Loganville soldier who died from injuries sustained while searching for Bowe Bergdahl, a now-disgraced former officer who pleaded guilty to deserting his post in Afghanistan.
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As suicide rate spikes among Georgia vets, Shepherd Center raises money to help
As the suicide rate among young Georgia veterans rises to well over twice the rate of their peers who did not serve in the military, the sixth annual event to raise money to help vets with brain injury and/or post-traumatic stress disorder is to end Memorial Day in Buckhead, when runners conclude their run from New York City to the Shepherd Center.
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Shepherd Center running team raising funds to treat wounded vets
As the nation prepares to honor those who died in service to the country, a team of former service members and civilians affiliated with the Shepherd Center are running eight consecutive half-marathons to raise awareness and funding for veterans still recovering from injury.
