Memorial Day weekend is an opportunity to come together as a community to remember members of the armed forces who have given their life in service to the United States.
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You probably missed a couple of remarkable events Wednesday before sunrise in Roanoke. One was, Gary Duerk turned 75 â more about his atypical birthday plans below.
The second occurred just off Salem Avenue between First and Second streets downtown about 6 a.m. Shortly after Duerk and his wife, Barbara, arrived on their bicycles at Roanokeâs Amtrak platform, they dismounted and pushed them onto a passenger train.
That was a milestone â those were the first wheeled-on bikes ever in a Northeast Regional passenger car in Virginia. They wonât be the last. Beginning next month, itâll occur throughout the commonwealth.