Military Families Turn to Online Memorials to Remember the Fallen.Legacy.com's special 'In Remembrance' section draws family and friends who create permanent Internet memorials to soldiers killed in Iraq and AfghanistanTraffic soars during Memorial Day weekend EVANSTON, Ill., May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- When Indianapolis resident Peggie Writtenhouse mourns her brother, Army Master Sgt. James F. "Fred" Hayes, a father of five killed serving his second tour of Operation Iraqi Freedom, she can't easily visit his gravesite grave·site n. A place used for graves or a grave. in a Kentucky veteran's cemetery cemetery, name used by early Christians to designate a place for burying the dead. First applied in Christian burials in the Roman catacombs, the word cemetery came into general usage in the 15th cent. . Instead, she visits an Internet memorial to him http://www.legacy.com/Soldier/Story.aspx?personid=15653317 created on the online obituary and memorial site, Legacy.com (http://www.legacy.com/). "It's just wonderful," Writtenhouse said about the online guest book and tribute. "Everyone has said how much it's helped them." Her family isn't alone. Legacy.com provides online memorials and obituaries in partnership with more than 400 U.S. newspapers. The entire Legacy.com site -- which includes memorials and obituaries for more than half of all people who die in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. annually -- is visited by almost 10 million users each month. The site's "In Remembrance" section, which honors those killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, includes profiles gleaned from news reports for each of the almost 3,500 servicemen and women killed to-date in the current conflict. Visitors soar SOAR - 1. State, Operator And Result. A general problem-solving production system architecture, intended as a model of human intelligence. Developed by A. Newell in the early 1980s. SOAR was originally implemented in Lisp and OPS5 and is currently implemented in Common Lisp. over Memorial Day The "In Remembrance" http://www.legacy.com/Soldier/home.aspx section honors those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since it was created in March 2005, In Remembrance has garnered almost 7 million page views. Its popularity typically soars during holidays on which America remembers its fallen soldiers. For example, Legacy.com's traffic doubled last year around the Memorial Day holiday and increased four-fold over Veterans Day. Memorial Day "a different holiday after you lose someone in the military" "Memorial Day becomes a different holiday after you lose someone in the military," said Joanne Steen, a former civilian engineer for the Navy who wrote Military Widow: A Survival Guide and became a certified See certification. grief counselor following the 1992 death of her naval aviator husband in the line of duty In the Line of Duty may refer to:
Legacy.com's In Remembrance includes profiles gleaned from news reports for each of the almost 3,500 servicemen and women killed to-date in the current conflict. If an obituary is published about the soldier in a Legacy.com affiliate newspaper, the obituary is also added to the online profile. Families enhance Legacy.com's military profiles Friends and family members can expand soldiers' profiles in two ways. They type entries into the online guest books that accompany each profile. They also can -- as Writtenhouse did -- create "Moving Tributes" that consist of photographs and captions and can be accompanied by music and voice narration by family members or friends. Since In Remembrance's creation, almost 400 Moving Tributes and 155,000 guest book entries have been created. People find out about the memorials in one of two ways: through a brief tagline published in each affiliated newspaper's obituary, or through word of mouth. "I told all of my friends, and each one told their friends, and it just snowballed," Writtenhouse remembered. All elements of In Remembrance are free of charge, as is a similar section also featured on Legacy.com to remember those killed on Sept. 11, 2001. Legacy.com editors review all comments and photographs for appropriateness before posting them to the Website. "It's just a way of talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to him, of letting him know we miss him" Stopher Bartol, chief executive officer of Legacy.com, said In Remembrance has been a particular moving and powerful element of the site. "We all see news reports about the war, but it hits home when you see the photographs and read messages from friends and family about these soldiers killed in service to their country," he said. Bartol added that online memorialization has grown more important in today's mobile society, in which friends and family members often live far from one another, making travel to funeral services and memorials difficult. In addition, many visitors feel more comfortable sharing their feelings in writing in an online guest book rather than speaking at a service. Mourners also often will pen messages to the departed soldier. "It's just a way of talking to him, to let him know we miss him," Writtenhouse said about messages she and other family members have written to Hayes in his guest book. Memorials comfort after the shock of death has subsided Writtenhouse said her brother's guest book was of particular comfort after the shock of his death began to subside sub·side intr.v. sub·sid·ed, sub·sid·ing, sub·sides 1. To sink to a lower or normal level. 2. To sink or settle down, as into a sofa. 3. To sink to the bottom, as a sediment. 4. and his memorial and funeral service funeral service n → misa de cuerpo presente funeral service n → service m funèbre funeral service funeral n were complete. "There are so many people who say, 'I'm sorry.' You're sort of go on cruise control, and after a while, you can't hear them anymore," she remembered. "After you come off auto pilot and settle back into your life, you can go back to the guest book and read what people thought of him. It means so much. Even complete strangers have become friends through what they've written. "My brother was my best friend, but there are so many things I've learned about him from reading his guest book." Friends and family members of soldiers killed in Iraq or Afghanistan may sign a guest book in memory of the fallen soldier by entering his or her name at http://www.legacy.com/Soldier/home.aspx and following the instructions. They also may create a "Moving Tribute" by following the instructions at: http://www.legacy.com/MT/Gateway.aspx?Soldier=Yes&PC=Soldier. Described by CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. MarketWatch as the "granddaddy" of online memorial companies, http://www.legacy.com/ provides online memorials and obituaries in partnership with more than 400 U.S. newspapers. It is visited by almost 10 million users each month and features obituaries and guest books for more than half of all the people who die in the United States. Legacy.com is headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Evanston. You may review some of Legacy.com's media coverage by clicking on the following link, or cutting and pasting it in your Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. address field: http://del.icio.us/Legacy.com. CONTACT: Rebecca Theim of Legacy.com, cell, +1-312-590-0195, rtheim@legacy.com Web site: http://www.legacy.com/ |
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