Thousands gathered this weekend in Tulsa, Okla. to remember those killed 100 years ago in the Tulsa Race Massace. The events included concerts, marches and speeches from civil rights leaders including the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
May 31 As a bagpiper played "Amazing Grace" from an adjacent row of graves, U.S. Navy veteran Joe Jiampetti tapped a small American flag precisely two and half inches into the ground and 12 inches in front of the headstone of Larry Tate, a soldier who fought in Vietnam. Jiampetti stood tall in his crisp white uniform and read Tate's name aloud, while saluting him. He turned sharply on his .
CARTHAGE — After a blessing of the bikes by Veterans Motorcycle Club national chaplain Robert “Turtle” Turlington, more than a dozen motorcycles roared out the VMC Chapter 11 clubhouse property