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Anecdote: “Each stone here is a memory,” said the commanding officer. Thirty of us stood atop a granite mountain, in a semicircle, Hudson River to our east, West Point to the north, American flag flying overhead, black POW flag in its shadow. “And each stone also holds a lesson.” Mara and I joined Liv for a memorial hike in the lead up to Veterans Day. Her water polo team inscribed the names of fallen teammates from

Hope all goes well… The blaze was reported at 00:44 GMT on Wednesday. Fifteen firetrucks arrived quickly. Fourteen hours later nearby residents watched as exhausted firefighters left the second largest indoor shipbuilding complex of its kind in Europe. Four Dreadnought Class nuclear submarines are being built at the six-acre BAE Systems facility, to replace four Vanguard Class subs that are scheduled to be retired in