By CLAUDIA LAUER and EMILY SCHMALL, Associated Press SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — First responders and law enforcement personnel stood with heads bowed Saturday in Sutherland Springs for a Veterans Day ceremony that also was meant to honor the more than two dozen people killed a block away at a church. About 100 people attended the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Area restaurants and retailers will be offering special deals and freebies to veterans and military members on Saturday in observance of Veteran’s Day. Offers.com has compiled a list of 80 plus businesses that will participate: Dining 54th Street Grill – Free Entree up to $12 to veterans and active duty on Veterans…
Did you know it took a Kansas shoe salesman lobbying Congress and Dwight D. Eisenhower to get Veteran’s Day declared a national holiday? These and many other stories about the Nov. 11th holiday with Ken C. Davis, author of the “Don’t Know Much About…” book series.
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Soldiers Memorial in St. Louis is now officially in the hands of the Missouri Historical Society, which plans a $30 million renovation of the downtown St. Louis landmark. Mayor Francis Slay used Veteran’s Day on Wednesday as an opportunity to formally sign over control of Soldiers Memorial. The complex was built…
Two St. Louis veterans are included among more than 130 veterans to receive keys to a newly-refurbished vehicle this Veterans Day. Several businesses have come together for Progressive’s third annual “Keys to Progress” event. Former Army Sergeant Sabrina Goodenough has faced a series of obstacles since returning home from duty, of which includes unreliable transportation. “This is just…
Hawthorne was one of several hundred code talkers who joined the war effort to help stymie the Japanese by using Navajo words and letters transmitted over radios instead of traditional codes that the enemy continued to crack
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