Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial ...

There is nothing more important, nothing more sacred, nothing more American." Krista Meinert sits with her late son, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jacob Meinert, who was killed in Afghanistan ...

Krista Meinert touches the headstone of her son, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob alexander Meinert, as she visits his grave Monday at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. President Joe ...

FILE – Krista Meinert, of Racine, Wisc., looks at a photo of her son, Marine Lance Corporal Jacob Alexander Meinert, 20, that she attached to his gravestone in Section 60 of Arlington National ...

And women in some Confederate states were decorating graves before the war’s end. Krista Meinert, of Racine, Wisc., looks at a photo of her son, Marine Lance Corporal Jacob Alexander Meinert ...

Monday, May 27, 2024, in honor of Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) FILE - Krista Meinert, of Racine, Wisc., looks at a photo of her son, Marine Lance Corporal Jacob Alexander ...