Written by Todd DePastinoThe image above is the first known of Uncle Sam, symbol of the US federal government, published in the New York Lantern on March 13, 1852. It would take over another half-century for Sam to blossom fully into star-spangled glory. How Uncle Sam came to be and how he changed says much
Thank you to Vietnam Veteran and Tin Can Sailor Carl Rectenwald for passing along this information. Under the Mission Act passed by Congress and signed into law in 2018, veterans enrolled in the VA health care system can be treated in urgent care facilities without an appointment at no cost. Urgent care facilities like
Iwo Jima Landing in Color.mov from TanSideOut on Vimeo. Join author Steven McCloud for a ground-breaking look at the color film footage of the landings at Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945. McCloud is the author of BLACK DRAGON: The Experience of a Marine Rifle Company, published by Texas A&M University, and is the CEO
Written by Todd DePastino (Library of Congress) There is no federal holiday called Presidents’ Day. Officially, the Third Monday in February is known as “Washington’s Birthday,” but almost no one calls it that. To make matters more confusing, individual states have given the holiday at least fifteen different names. California, for example,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QNLU731IKw Ira Martin interviews U.S. Army veteran Ronald Kraszewski for VBC's Veteran History Project. Ronald served in 5th Infantry Division during the Korean War.
