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By Todd DePastino The Veterans Breakfast Club mourns the passing of Diane Carlson Evans, Army nurse, Vietnam veteran, and tireless advocate for women veterans. Diane...
The Veterans Breakfast Club is pleased to share a publishing opportunity that may be of interest to veterans, military families, historians, researchers, and writers in...
By Todd DePastino I’ve known for three years that VBC Magazine‘s Managing Editor Daria Sommers was a talented storyteller, gifted writer, and deeply insightful about...
Courtesy VVA Veteran (https://vvaveteran.org/32-5/felton.html) By Todd DePastino A few days ago, I received an email from Suzanne Sigona, who has been a volunteer at the...
By Todd DePastino On May 20, 1950, Americans celebrated the first official Armed Forces Day with parades, air shows, and military base open houses. President...
By Todd DePastino This account is drawn largely from the memories and research of Norman Silverman, a veteran of the Army Security Agency who served...
On April 9, 2026, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams introduced a new piece of legislation intended to honor veterans who have long lived in the shadows....
The Veterans Breakfast Club is all about storytelling—“living history”—but as we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we thought we’d reach back...
In late February, the VBC, in partnership with Unlikely Collaborators, held its first annual StoryFest in Santa Monica, California. During this three-day storytelling festival, attendees...
By Todd DePastino As a historian drawn to veterans’ stories, I sometimes indulge a private daydream. One morning at a Veterans Breakfast Club gathering, just...
A Black Soldier in the Continental Army Boyrereau Brinch, later known as Jeffrey Brace, was born in West Africa around 1742, kidnapped as a teenager,...
James Thatcher “On that sad day how many hearts were wrung!” Army surgeon James Thacher, experienced unexpected heartbreak as he watched the army disband at...
