Piestewa to be featured in veterans exhibit

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2003

Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq, will be featured in an exhibit opening Memorial Day at the Arlington Memorial.

"Voices: Native American Women in U.S. Armed Forces" is sponsored by the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. Members of Piestewa's family and Hopi chairman Wayne Taylor Jr. are expected to attend Monday's ceremony.

The family will also be a guest of the White House, The Arizona Republic reported.

Get the Story:
Piestewa family to visit White House for Memorial Day (The Arizona Republic 5/21)
Memorial Day services to remember Piestewa (The Gallup Independent 5/20)
American Indian soldiers to be remembered (The Knoxville News 5/20)

Relevant Links:
Women in Military Service for America Memorial - http://www.womensmemorial.org

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