Before that, he served as a military fighter pilot in World War II and the Korean War and set a transcontinental air speed record.... In 1998, he became the oldest person ever to go into space at 77.... Other commemorations of Glenn’s birth a century ago are planned in the area all month....

The memorial was caught on film. The president saluted as the national anthem was played.... He bowed his head and stepped forward to place a ceremonial wreath of red, white and blue flowers before the tomb.... John J. Pershing, played. Story continues below advertisement Army helicopters clattered overhead, and Navy and Air Force fighters roared past.At 11 a.m., a gunfire salute was heard across the landscape....

BEIJING-Even as Beijing prepares to mark the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party( CCP) on Thursday( July 1), celebratory events have been kept under wraps. Those involved in an expected parade at Tiananmen Square have had to sign non-disclosure agreements, while last-minute changes have caught guests by surprise.A gala show originally scheduled for Tuesday night was suddenly brought forward to Monday night. Diplomats who had signed up to attend the cultural performance at the Bird's Nest st

Some wore masks because of the pandemic, but many did not.... An Air Force major paused to take a picture but was asked by guards to keep moving.... Some sat on the stairs above the plaza, watching the line go past....

A century ago, on 28 February 1922, Egyptian independence was declared; the British protectorate was abolished and an independent Kingdom of Egypt was established. It was a dramatic historical development that brought Egypt back to the Egyptians.

11, 1921 funeral for an unidentified World War I soldier.... George Haupt, 88, of Crystal Lake, served as a sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from December 1954 to September 1955.... “ In the responsibility bestowed on me never will I falter....

Davenport s 81-year-old Centennial Bridge across the Mississippi River creaks under the weight of

during a centennial commemoration event at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National

, Colorado, U.S. December 30, 2021.... Two homes burn after being consumed by wildfire in the Centennial

." Two homes burn after being consumed by wildfire in the Centennial Heights neighborhood on Dec