27th January 2008 marks the 63rd anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps at Auschwitz in Poland by the Russian Army.


The USHMM provides further commentary. picked by Pocksucket 9 months ago

The wake that really was. picked by cb__ 9 months ago

The murder and the race took place on the very same bike path. He was finally arrested earlier this week. picked by videoguy 2 years ago

Take a moment to listen to that haunting Gordon Lightfoot tune and remember the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank in a ferocious Lake Superior storm 32 years ago today. On Sunday, at Mariners' Church of Detroit, a bell will toll for the ship's 29 hands -- and all sailors lost on the Great Lakes -- in an annual memorial service starting at 11 a.m. picked by DrNothing 11 months ago

The dream of sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski and his family, his widow predicts it could take another 60 years to complete.

More information here picked by tigertony 4 months ago

Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins picked by punthe 8 months ago

The Jamie Kennedy one is too funny! picked by kxmk 1 year ago

A radical Baptist church in Kansas known for picketing the funerals of soldiers who perished in Iraq said it intends to protest Heath Ledger's memorial service with signs claiming the actor died and is in Hell because he played a gay character in “Brokeback Mountain.” picked by Jerry520 9 months ago

He was shot in the leg, she was dead, kids were dead. Police first said he was not a suspect. Then they arrested him hours before he was to go to their memorial service. They are considering the death penalty. I could not find the link to the initial story... picked by Moe 1 year ago

Freeze-dry pet preservation creates a lasting memorial and more importantly, preserves your pet in a natural state thereafter, without any alteration in appearance. This allows pet owners to see, touch and hold their pets, and in a sense, "never have to let go." picked by muppet 6 months ago

The Jane Doe patient, an African-American woman hospital officials estimate to be in her late thirties or early forties, was admitted to the Grady Emergency Care Center at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital on Dec. 15 after being hit by a car in downtown Atlanta. According to the report, she is 5'6, between 130-140 pounds, and has three snowflake tattoos below her right knee. picked by bevissimo 9 months ago

Toni Morrison once lamented that there was no monument to commemorate slaves and their history. “There is no suitable memorial, or plaque, or wreath or wall, or park or skyscraper lobby,” “There’s no 300-foot tower, there’s no small bench by the road.”

Well now there is a monument. She finally has her “bench by the road.” picked by BernardBlack 3 months ago

A cavebelow the Palatine Hill, decorated with seashells, mosaics, and pumice stones is likely to be the memorial to the founders of Rome. picked by suckersklub 11 months ago

Newman, a former chain smoker, has been reported as seeking treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC.

No confirmations from his staff nor the hospital.
Say it ain't so, blue eyes.

Edit: Hopefully, this update is true. picked by suebe 4 months ago

Military blogger's entry one year after his buddy was killed in Iraq. Interesting blog, I recommend you take a look around. picked by cheeselog1234 7 months ago

Moving tribute to the soldiers past and present, both still active and those who have lost their lives serving their country. picked by doggylives 5 months ago

The memorial service for the five members of a Parkville family killed by a wrong-way truck in an Ohio highway accident included some uninvited guests nearby. picked by iamtoni78 9 months ago

A brazen thief who offered condolences at a memorial service made off with $10,000 collected for the family of an ironworker killed in a Las Vegas Strip construction site mishap, friends and family members said.

*oh I hope they do find him. picked by dollyllama 11 months ago

The collection, affectionately known as Save the Girls, is a lasting memorial to the bomber crews who flew the aircraft, to the artists who painted the nose art and to those in Hollywood and the graphic illustration industry who first inspired the art picked by doggylives 4 months ago

A sign bearing the title "Mt. Cleese" appeared recently at the Awapuni Landfill in Palmerston North, New Zealand after a local satirist suggested it be renamed "John Cleese Memorial Tip," with the tag line: "All manner of crap happily recycled."

I wanted to repost ogri's plime classic, but alas the link is dead. So here's another.
ogri - where are you? picked by suebe 12 months ago