New York Honors 250 Years Of Military Service In Nation’s Largest Veterans Day Parade
The largest Veterans Day parade in the country filled Fifth Avenue with thousands of marchers and spectators who braved freezing temperatures to salute those who served. It became a day of flags, salutes and stories of sacrifice that stretched across generations. Thousands lined Fifth Avenue to celebrate 250 years of American military service. The Army, […]
Granddaughter’s Veterans Day Tribute Ends in Tragedy Outside School
Flowers are taped to a tree, and lit candles sit below at the site where 80-year-old Peter Morris, a Vietnam veteran, was killed. He parked his car after a school Veterans Day ceremony in Farmingdale on Long Island, New York. A mother stood with her two young daughters, both students at Woodward Parkway Elementary, staring […]
Upcoming National Veterans Small Business Week and Finding a 'Sense of Purpose'
Barry Mattson represented his country in the U.S. Air Force and Army. Since his military days, he’s used his experience in community building and humanitarian efforts to pay it forward to the next generation of aspiring business owners and job seekers. Mattson’s leadership as part of the nonprofit Brian Hamilton Foundation will be among numerous […]
Fort Hood Steps In After Shutdown Halts WWII Veteran’s Military Funeral
As the government shutdown creeps along, now in its fourth week, services that have been placed on hold are beginning to affect people in all walks of life. Including deceased veterans. A Final Wish For Florencio Davila of Waco, Texas, his dying wish was to be buried with full military honors. After all, the […]
Black Vietnam Veteran’s Story Reveals War’s Harsh Realities 50 Years Later
It was May 1970, deep in the jungles of Vietnam, and 19-year-old infantryman John Smith stepped to the edge of a hill to admire the view. Then came the snap of a wire. “They must’ve thought, ‘This is a beautiful view. Someone’s going to come over here to look at it,’” said Smith, 76, of […]
Veterans and Civilians Bond Over Beers and Bluegrass at Nashville's American Legion Post 82
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Matthew “Moose” Musquiz was working as a diesel mechanic in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, when his physical therapist told him about a bar in Nashville, Tennessee, that he might like. Musquiz loves the Texas dance hall style of venues popular there, but he hadn’t really […]
West Virginia Museum Honoring Veterans Plans for the Future
PRINCETON – A West Virginia museum overflowing with artifacts honoring the veterans who served their country from the Civil War to the present day is looking forward to more space and getting a greater public outreach. Artifacts ranging from military uniforms from different eras, German and Japanese war souvenirs brought home by World War II […]
Veterans Are Divided over the Army's Big Parade, Being Held on Trump's Birthday
NORFOLK, Va. — James McDonough served in the U.S. Army for 27 years, fighting in Vietnam and delivering humanitarian aid to Rwanda. For him, Saturday’s military parade in Washington for the Army’s 250th anniversary — coinciding with President Donald Trump’s birthday — is about the resilience of a vital institution and the nation it serves. […]
2 Veterans Tied to 'Nazi White Nationalist Efforts' Allegedly Stole Gear from Army Base, Beat Soldier with Hammer
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday accused two military veterans of assaulting a soldier and stealing equipment from an Army special operations compound in Washington state, a brazen break-in that ended with a cache of weapons and Nazi paraphernalia discovered in one of their homes. State and federal police arrested Charles Ethan Fields and Levi Austin Frakes […]
Veterans in Oath Keepers, Proud Boys Convicted for Jan. 6 Crimes Have Sentences Commuted by Trump
Stewart Rhodes, Army veteran and leader of the right-wing militia known as the Oath Keepers, was released from prison Tuesday after President Donald Trump issued sweeping pardons or commutations to more than 1,500 people accused of crimes for their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including those who were convicted of assaulting […]