written by Todd DePastino The Van Nuys News explains Veterans Day to readers, Nov. 11, 1954 Americans over the age of 75 might remember when November 11 was called “Armistice Day,” commemorating the ceasefire on the Western Front of World War I. The Armistice agreement signed between Britain and France on the
written by Daria SommersWhen the Veterans Breakfast Club invited me to screen Lioness this past June in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act, I was thrilled.Lioness tells the story of female Army support soldiers – the original Team Lioness – who deployed to Iraq in 2003-4 and fought in
Americans over the age of 75 might remember when November 11 was called “Armistice Day,” commemorating the ceasefire on the Western Front of World War II. In 1946, 38-year-old civic leader and WWII Navy veteran Raymond Weeks worked channels to get a message to Army Chief of Staff, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Because the US
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald today presented U.S. Army Veteran Harry J. Van Riper with the 2023 Dr. Charles J. Martoni Veterans Service Award during a ceremony at the county Courthouse in Pittsburgh. The award recognizes individuals who continue their service to the country following their discharge from military service. Mr. Van Riper was
written by Todd DePastino Vietnam Veterans and great spirit Jerry Augustine sent this photo taken this week at Beman Middle School in Middletown, Connecticut. The photo captures the meeting of 7th graders and Jerry, member of The Veterans of the Vietnam War, Middletown, Inc., which comes into the school every year around Veterans Day
written by Todd DePastino On October 10, 1845, the United States Naval Academy opened its doors at an old abandoned Army post, Fort Severn, in Annapolis, Maryland. There were 56 midshipman students and seven professors. Its mission to train and educate future naval officers by giving them a modern scientific training in the art
