Memorial

The 10th Anniversary Always A Cowboy 8k run and 5k walk will be at Undine Park in Laramie this Saturday, Sept. 10 at 9:00 a.m. Raceday registration is available for $25 at 7 a.m. University of Wyoming cross country coach Randi Cole and Steve Kaiser from Gem City Bone and Joint came onto Sportsline Live with David Settle and Steve Kiggins.

September 11th, 2001 was a day that forever changed not only our nation but also holds its own unique meaning to everyone that it in some way touched, and it seems like it has touched every American whether they experienced the horror of the attacks personally or simply on television...

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C., has officially opened to the public. The memorial will be formally dedicated on Aug. 28 — the anniversary of his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech — and will cap a five-day celebration that could draw as many as 250,000 people.

The "Memory of the 8 Memorial Run/Walk" will be on Friday, Sept. 16 in honor of the University of Wyoming cross country runners who died in a car accident 10 years ago on Sept. 16, 2001: Morgan McLeland, Cody Brown, Kyle Johnson, Josh Jones, Justin Lambert-Belanger, Kevin Salverson, Nick Schabron and Shane Shatto. The Memorial Run/Walk is scheduled to begin in Gillette, Wyo. at 5:00 p.m.

The office of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday that 9/11 responders have not been invited to the upcoming 10th anniversary commemoration of the terrorist attacks — a move those workers have called a “betrayal.” Many of the 3,000 firefighters, police officers, and other city employees who’ve been excluded feel the decision was made to try to hide the medical ailments many of them a

The Texas Rangers announced Monday that Shannon Stone, the fan who died after falling from the stands while reaching for a foul ball, will be memorialized with a statue outside the stadium’s home plate gate. The bronze statute, which Rangers CEO and President Nolan Ryan called “a fitting tribute,” depicts Stone and six-year-old son Cooper enjoying a Rangers game.

The World Trade Center memorial reached its $350 million fundraising goal in 2008. The foundation that built the Pentagon memorial raised $22 million — the entire cost of construction — between 2004 and 2008. But a permanent memorial for the victims of Flight 93 is still $10 million short of its goal.