32K views · 1.8K reactions | In memory of General Colin L. Powell, we share this moment from the National Memorial Day Concert. Beginning in 1991 and nearly every year since, General Powell was an integral part of our Memorial Day broadcast. In this remembrance from 2019, he pays tribute to our fallen heroes and their families and introduces the playing of Taps. #MemDayPBS #ColinPowell #RIPColinPowell | National Memorial Day Concert (PBS) | Facebook

Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. CNN's Wolf Blitzer looks back on his life and career. | CNN

17K views · 562 reactions | Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin credited Colin Powell as "a tremendous personal friend and mentor." "He always made time for me, and I could always go to him for tough issues. I feel as if I have a hole in my heart." https://nyti.ms/3lPP7BT | The New York Times | Facebook