As you're paying tribute to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to preserve your rights, here are some things going on:
From National Review, a look at the "starving, barefoot, heroic troops" who started it all.
From FrontpageMag, how Mr. Bill destroyed the SAT. (This Mr. Bill is neither former President Clinton nor Noo Yawk's mayor, but the software multi-billionaire.)
From Townhall, how Greyhound profits from illegal immigration.
From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of the book Sacred Duty.
From the Washington Examiner, Wreaths Across American pledges $200,000 to keep Rolling Thunder rolling.
From American Thinker, yes, natural oil spills are a thing.
From CNS News, General Douglas MacArthur's speech which he gave when he accepted the Sylvanus Thayer Award.
From LifeZette, remembering the faithful lives, and the origins of the red poppy tradition.
From CBC News, Canada stakes its contested claim to the North Pole.
From CTV News, according to Quebec City police, an altercation at a local mosque may have been motivated by hate.
From The Conservative Woman, a cautionary tale for if the Remainers get their way.
From the Express, how the various parts of the U.K. voted in the E.U. elections.
From the Evening Standard, Prime Minister May expresses her disappointment.
From the (U.K.) Independent, archaeologists have discovered an entire Roman-era town in Newington, England.
From the (Irish) Independent, according to a Dublin city councillor, the group People Before Profit behaves like ISIS.
From the Irish Examiner, the grandson of a former mayor of Dublin is sentenced for possessing TNT and a hand grenade.
From France24, four people have been arrested in connection with the package bomb which exploded in Lyon.
From RFI, a party made of French "yellow vest" activists win no seats in the European Parliament.
From El País, former Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont wins enough votes to earn a seat in the European Parliament, but might not be able to serve.
From The Portugal News, the Portuguese Socialist Party wins 10 seats.
From Morocco World News, according to Islamicity Index, some Western countries reflect Islamic institutions better than in Muslim countries.
From the Malta Independent, the prime ministers of Malta and Libya meet to discuss the conflict in the latter.
From ANSA, Italy's League party wins bigly in the E.U. elections.
From SwissInfo, Switzerland sends humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
From EuroNews, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is ousted.
From Euractiv, in the European elections, Kurz's center-right party leads.
From Total Croatia News, Zagreb will get a monument to victims of the Holocaust.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Turkish Stream gas pipeline will reach Bosnia and Hercegovina.
From Ekathimerini, the Greek leftist SYRIZA party easily wins the prison vote. (Is this where Bernie Sanders gets his ideas?)
From the Greek Reporter, the seven reasons why Greek voters went against their prime minister.
From Novinite, most of the tall buildings in Sofia, Bulgaria are in a district named Mladost. (The name resembles the Polish word młodość, which means "youth".)
From Romania-Insider, Romanians reject proposed changes to the country's justice laws and criminal codes.
From Russia Today, a Russian official objects very strongly to a question by a reporter.
From Sputnik International, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes near Kamchatka.
From The Moscow Times, Russia rejects the "new" Monroe Doctrine.
From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, the European elections have "toppled the status quo".
From Hungary Today, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, the "combat won in Hungary", the battle was lost in Europe, but the war is still uncertain.
From About Hungary, five takeaways from the European elections in Hungary.
From The Slovak Spectator, a look at Slovakia's 14 new MEPs, including its first Roma MEP.
From Radio Praha, how Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's ANO party did in the European elections depends on how you count.
From Radio Poland, Poland's Law and Justice Party wins in the E.U. elections.
From Free West Media, the right-wing AfD wins in eastern Germany.
From Deutsche Welle, the strong showing by AfD in eastern Germany sets up a "clash of cultures".
From the CPH Post, Danes turn out to vote in record numbers for an E.U. election.
From the NL Times, police in the Netherlands arrest a truck driver after 14 migrants are found his vehicle.
From Dutch News, an anti-Islam protest by Pegida in Eindhoven, Netherlands turns violent after counter-protesters carrying Turkish flags show up. (If you read Dutch, read the story at NU.)
From VRT NWS, a bomb alert closes Brussels North Station and all road tunnels in the city.
From Hürriyet Daily News, the Greek part of Cyprus elects a Turkish Cypriot to a seat in the European Parliament.
From Turkish Minute, five people of Turkish descent will sit in the new European Parliament.
From Rûdaw, a slur on Iranian TV against one of Mohammed's wives has Sunnis upset.
From Arutz Sheva, the IDF carries out an airstrike on a missile launcher in Syria.
From The Times Of Israel, the Knesset votes to dissolve, which will bring on a new election.
From The Jerusalem Post, either the problem is Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, or it's not.
From Egypt Today, the Muslim League Conference focuses on moderation.
From Radio Farda, a police chief is killed in a shootout in Eslamabad-e Gharb, Iran.
From IranWire, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei is allegedly lying when he denies his role in the nuclear deal.
From the Qatar Tribune, a charity in Qatar holds an iftar for Indonesian expats.
From Dawn, in Karachi and Lahore, Youm-i-Ali processions are held under tight security.
From The Express Tribune, a Pakistani soldier is killed by terrorists at the Makki Garh checkpoint in North Waziristan.
From Pakistan Today, a terror attack near the Samungli air force base in Balochistan is foiled.
From Khaama Press, Afghan forces seize 1,000 kilos of explosives in Kabul.
From the Hindustan Times, officials from India and Pakistan discuss "modalities" for the planned Kartarpur corridor.
From ANI, India's first all-female helicopter crew fly in a training mission.
From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan Muslim leaders seek redress for suspects arrested for non-terrorism offenses.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka's president urges other countries to lift their travel advisories.
From The Himalayan Times, in a month-long cleanup effort, 10,000 kilos of garbage has been removed from Mount Everest.
From Palestinian Media Watch, a Palestinian terrorist is honored with a chess tournament.
From Gatestone Institute, Turkish President Erdoğan's "Istanbul nightmare".
From The Jakarta Post, Jakarta disposes of illegal alcoholic beverages with steamrollers.
From The Straits Times, a man is fined the equivalent of $300 for shooting two rubber bands into a road.
From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Jason Johnson accuses Trump administration officials of hating black people.
From CheckYourFact, the miscaptioned photo of a child in a fake cage continues to circulate.
From the New York Post, according to the police, a man who claimed to be the victim of an anti-gay attack on the New York subway was actually the aggressor.
From USA Today, the first baseman infamous for one particular World Series error goes to the ball field in the sky.
And from ABC News, a 96-year-old veteran of World War II mesmerizes a soccer crowd with his harmonica performance of the national anthem. (via The Blaze)
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