All national parks will be offering free admission to anyone who wants to enter on Veterans Day Nov. 11. While some of the more than 400 national parks that are open daily are ...
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Veterans can enjoy these food discounts Friday
A number of restaurants will offer discounts to former service members this Friday in honor of Veterans Day. Among the special food deals: 7-Eleven: Ex-Service members get a free Quart-Pound Big Bite ...
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What we can learn from the Army bugler who flubbed taps at JFK’s funeral
When his eleven-year-old daughter called up the stairs inside their Virginia home on the afternoon of November 22, 1963, Corporal Keith C. Clark, the Principal Bugler with the United States Army Band, ...
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How ‘living memorials’ help service members remember fallen comrades
Memorials can be especially meaningful for those processing their experiences and remembering those they lost, and physically represent the emotional weight they carry every day. On Veterans Day, people across America thanked ...
Read More »LaMar’s Donuts will celebrate National Donut Day Friday and help the Salvation Army
LaMar’s Donuts and Coffee is planning several sweet deals for National Donut Day on Friday, June 4. The day is dedicated to celebrating the members of the Salvation Army who served donuts ...
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Trump becomes first president to attend Veterans Day Parade
You probably missed any mention of it in the news media this week. History was made during Veterans Day celebrations the nation’s largest city. Donald Trump became the first president to ever ...
Read More »Kansas City joins in commemoration of Armistice Day
Commemorations are underway around the world to mark the moment 100 years ago when the slaughter of World War I finally stopped. In Kansas City this morning at 9:30 the public is ...
Read More »City Union Mission and churches to honor veterans
City Union Mission is partnering with local churches to hold a special dinner and chapel service to remember and celebrate all U.S. veterans Sunday, Nov. 11. Cornerstone Presbyterian Church will host the chapel ...
Read More »Bible saved WWI soldier in more ways than one
A Bible marked with bullet holes from a German machine gun saved the life of a British World War I soldier, his daughter has explained. The Bible belonged to Private Leslie Friston, ...
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Two Events to Honor Veterans this Week
Heart of America Stand Down for Veterans. Do you know a homeless Veteran? Someone who has served our country with honor but has struggled after returning home? Please urge them to come ...
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