Pools open. Grills are fired up. Hot dogs and burgers appear on menus. And as families prepare to pull out the paper plates and slice the watermelon, they may consider adding a simple tradition to ...

The setting is elegantly simple: A table topped with a snow-white cloth. Gleaming silverware. Sparkling crystal. And one rose. There’s only one detail missing from this perfectly set table: guests.

“This table is reserved to honor our missing comrades in arms. The tablecloth is white — symbolizing the purity of their motives when answering the call of duty. The single red rose, displayed in a ...

A Dickey’s Barbecue Pit store manager took initiative recently to pay respect to the 13 American service members killed in the Kabul attack by setting up a memorial table at the 2331 23rd Avenue ...