VIDEO: Massaponax High School football coach Eric Ludden talked to Spotsylvania Supervisors earlier this year about CPL Ryan McGhee. Ryan was one of Coach Ludden’s former players who died in 2009 in Iraq. The Guinea Station Road bridge over I-95 will be known as CPL Ryan C. McGhee Memorial Bridge.

VIDEO: We talk at the Our Fallen Heroes Memorial in downtown Fredericksburg with VFW Post 3103 Commander and Fredericksburg Area Veterans Council Chair Tai Mamea about the value of Memorial Day.

VIDEO: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Superintendent Kirsten Talken-Spaulding shares her story

VIDEO: We look back: Memorial Day 2019 at the Our Fallen Heroes Memorial in Fredericksburg. Two spouses speak of sacrifice.

VIDEO: We look back. With Memorial Day events around the region virtual this year, highlights from several moving ceremonies in 2018.

PHOTOS: Blue Star Mothers of Fredericksburg have tied yellow ribbons downtown on lampposts on William and Caroline Street and among the trees in the medium in Central Park to honor fallen military heroes.

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Kiara Williams is currently on the Atlantic Ocean

VIDEO: Tai Mamea of Spotsylvania was one of the many volunteers putting flags next to the graves of veterans in the Oak Hill Cemetery Saturday. He explains the importance of recognizing and remembering.

PHOTOS: VFW Post 3103, the Fredericksburg Area Veterans Council and other volunteers placed flags at the graves of veterans at Oak Hill Cemetery in Fredericksburg Saturday morning.

Arlington National Cemetery remains open only to family pass holders. But the soldiers buried at Arlington will be honored this weekend

U.S. Navy Intelligence Specialist 2nd Class Coby Lloyd works as the fleet intelligence watch assistant

VIDEO: Not just another piece of legislation.

Vernon says the values required to succeed in the Navy are similar to those found in King George.

Lt. Cmdr. Veronica Baker is an instructor at Navy Service Support Advanced Training Command, Virginia Beach-

Marine Corps Base Quantico issues traffic delay warning

The Gary Sinise Foundation Snowball Express annual event is about honoring our fallen heroes and their families

PHOTOS: Remembering two heroes who died 15 years ago on Saturday. There were stories, a toast, and then balloons released at the National Guard Armory in Fredericksburg for Sgt David Ruhren of Stafford and Sgt. Nicholas Mason of King George who died in the Mosul mess hall bombing on December 21, 2004.

VIDEO: Two Fredericksburg area soldiers died in the suicide bombing in Mosul, Iraq on December 21, 2004. At noon, red balloons were released in memory of Nicholas Mason and David Ruhren from the National Guard Armory in Fredericksburg that now carries their name.