By: Megan Way Photos by: Su Phelps and Lawrence Oravetz
Starting from Nov 15th, VFW Post 10047 will now be sharing their Post Hall with Three Square for free dinners for seniors (ages 60 and over) every Thursday from 5pm to 8pm. Their first meal was on Nov 15th.
Three Square works with a service network of more than 1,600...
By: Genie Forkner Photos by: Genie Falconer
Veterans Village Las Vegas is proud to pay tribute to our United States Veterans at its 6th annual Veterans Day Celebration. This annual event honors and celebrates the brave men, women and families who served to protect our liberty and freedom,
The Celebration this year was held on Friday, November 9th, 2018 in the Eternal Flame Courtyard at Veterans Village 2 located at 50...
By Andrew Selsky (The Associated Press)
SALEM, Ore. -- After being in firefights in Afghanistan and Iraq, members of one of America's newest elite wildfire crews are tasked with fighting fires in rugged country back home.
On the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's only hotshot crew focused on recruiting veterans, members have traded assault rifles and other weapons of war for chain...
By: Peter Shin Photos by: Su Phelps and Lawrence Oravetz
On November 3rd, 2018 about 300 veterans gathered together at The Leatherneck Club for the Toys for Tots event that the Marine Corps hosts every year. The Toys for Tots program was founded by Maj. Bill Hendricks and has grown since then. The Toys for Tots program is a program...
By: Su Phelps and Lawrence Oravetz
The American Legion Post 8 and the American Legion Post 8 Auxiliary celebrated Thanksgiving by having dinner with fellow members, friends, family and other veterans. The food was prepared by gourmet Chef Tommy Enright.
By: Denny Weddle Photos by: Lawrence Oravetz and Denny Weddle
As we remember Pearl Harbor, the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt reverberated over the airwaves providing America with his classic and stirring speech –
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 a date that will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the air forces of...
By: Bonnie Hupton
Old Spanish Trail Chapter Nevada Society National Society Daughters of the American Revolution recently published a book of their members’ family military heroes. Each page honors a hero and is decorated with appropriate stickers and biographical information. Susan Hoge is the regent of OST. The members wanted to celebrate their service family members at their annual Summer...
By: Janet Snyder
we went on a bus trip with the Las Vegas Senior Tripsters to Pahrump for the Native American Powwow. It was educational and fun with lots of dances and patriotism, as many of the people were also Veterans. Daughters of the American Revolution read a proclamation for November as Native American Heritage Month, and I met my...
By: Janet Snyder
On November 15 MOAA Annual Business Meeting was held at Arizona Charlie's on Decatur. Tommy Thompson, Jerry Harmon and Charlie Miyashiro reported on the business operations for the MOAA Southern Nevada Chapter. For more information contact Tommy Thompson: 702-914-1844
By: Megan Way Photos by: Su Phelps
Base Training Superintendent Tiffany Jones after 20 years retired on Nov 16th. Her friends and colleagues held a retirement party at VFW Post 10047 meeting hall to celebrate with her.
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