On this Memorial Day, City Island Images wishes to send out a salute and to pay tribute to all US veterans and their family members, for all those sacrifices they have had to endure over the years.

This weekend, many are opening up their pools, going to the beach, or cooking on their grills. But Memorial Day is a lot more than just a three-day weekend. Memorial Day is a solemn time to remember those who have sacrificed their own lives for the rest of US.

SYRIAN GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ITS CITIZENS. 250 Member UN Force Investigates Massacres.
Reports of nearly one hundred killed. Women and children reportedly slaughtered with knives. Hundreds are said to be injured.

SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES. No Bail Following Hernandez Confession.
Suspect, Pedro Hernandez, who is under suicide watch has been charged with the murder of Etan Patz. Officils say his confession is only one part of the entire investigation.

SPACEX DELIVERY COMPLETED. Capsule has been captured by International Space Station.

You can say many wonderful things about these beautiful beaches all over the United States...
Coronado Beach, near San Diego, California
Kahanamoku Beach, in Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii
Main Beach, in East Hampton, N.Y.
St. George Island State Park, on Florida's Panhandle
Hamoa Beach, in Maui, Hawaii
Coast Guard Beach, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Waimanalo Bay Beach Park, in Oahu, Hawaii
Cape Florida State Park near Miami, Florida
Beachwalker Park, on Kiawah Island, South.Carolina
Cape Hatteras in North Carolina...etc.

Weather permitting and so far it is not. There were plans for several aerial displays involving low-flying helicopters today including: a demonstration at Forest Hills HS (Queens) from 10 -11:30 AM, an over-water rescue simulation at Staten Island Homeport Pier from 12-12:30 PM and a demonstration at Orchard Beach (Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx) from 2:30 - 4:30 PM.

For example photos of the aircraft involved, please follow the link below.

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The New-York Historical Society, located at 170 Central Park West, New York will be showing this exhibit until September 2, 2012.

Explore Gotham’s boozy past in this isntallation, which traces local beer production and consumption over the centuries.

Attendees will learn about New Amsterdam’s first tavern, established by the Dutch West India Company in 1640 to 1644, as well as how beer served as a vital source of nourishment to colonial residents. When you’ve absorbed your fill of local hops history, down a cold one in the beer hall at the end of the exhibit.

NYPD: COLD CASE SOLVED. 33 YEARS TO THE DAY.
Arraignment scheduled today for 51 year old Pedro Hernandez. The former New York City Bodega-store clerk is suspected of murdering Etan Patz. His photo appeared as a missing child on a milk carton in 1979.

HISTORIC SPACE STATION DAY. 250 Miles Above Earth.
SpaceX Dragon, the unmanned and privately built space capsule reaches the International Space Station with a half-ton of supplies. It is the first time a commercial cargo ship links up with this orbiting outpost.

NJ CLEARS NYPD. Muslim Surveillance Is Not Wrongdoing.

A team of UN observers are in Douma, an opposition controlled city in Syria, to initiate dialogue with activists on the ground.

“We want to get your guidance on all the priorities that we have to address,” the Deputy Head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS), Martin Griffith, told opposition members in Douma, located 10 kilometres north-west of Damascus.