Veterans Lead Charge for New Museum Focused on Fort Leavenworth’s Role in US History
The oldest fort west of the Mississippi River is a massive operation that’s been serving the country since 1827. And though it sits less than 40 miles from downtown Kansas City, Fort Leavenworth is surprisingly easy for many of us to overlook. That’s ironic, because the fort’s location, high on the Missouri River bluffs, was […]
Austin Recounts Childhood Struggles With Racism in University Address Focused on Military Inclusion
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stood before the graduating students of Fayetteville State University on Saturday, the first Black person to lead the Pentagon speaking to the latest class at a historically Black college. Among the graduates to hear Austin’s commencement address were 17 about to become newly minted second lieutenants from […]