Received via email: Major media networks are diminishing or secularizing Memorial Day by including current veterans with remembrances. By including living veterans, it takes away the meaning and spirit of this ultimate sacrifice that those killed-in-action have made. It almost seems that the mainstream only wants us to see that only martyrs can give their ...
PHILADELPHIA, May 30 /PRNewswire/ — Father Rick Curry, the founder of the Writers Program for Wounded Warriors, will deliver remarks at the traditional Memorial Day ceremony held at the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Front and Spruce streets. The noon ceremony on Monday, May 31, will also feature “echo taps” by two Philadelphia Police buglers ...
Senators Leave for Vacation, Allowing Medicare Meltdown to Begin June 1 WASHINGTON, May 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following statement is attributable to J. James Rohack, M.D., President, American Medical Association: “The Senate has turned its back on seniors, and America’s physicians are outraged that Congress has deserted patients by failing to address this year’s Medicare cut ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –Though NASCAR Sprint Cup racing teams may be known for their intense competition on the track, there is one thing they always come together for off the track – their support for our nation’s armed forces. This Memorial Day, two teams in particular are taking that support to another level. ...
Says returning military veterans among those hit hardest by unemployment HARRISBURG, Pa., May 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With more veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan and the state’s unemployment rate still stubbornly high this Memorial Day, Auditor General Jack Wagner renewed his call for the Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission to increase enforcement of veterans’ ...
Diverse News Editor’s Note: Memorial Day’s proper meaning is to commemorate military personnel who were killed while on active duty. Veterans Day is to honor those who have served and are currently serving (over 180 active duty days). Washington, DC, May 26, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — For more than 20 years, PBS has been proud to ...
The ‘American Heroes’ Vignettes Premiere During Military Channel’s Live Coverage of the National Memorial Day Parade on May 31st INDIANAPOLIS and SILVER SPRING, Md., May 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The American Legion and Military Channel have teamed up to honor troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, including three soldiers who never made it back home. ...
By Gary Goldfarb May 20, 2010/ PHILADELPHIA – With all the recent news of Arizona’s S.B. 1070 law, a Mexican being beaten and the Mexican president calling the law ‘racist’, does this mean that Mexicans are of a certain race? Last I checked, Mexico is a country. Let’s switch countries around to see: So, if ...
INDIANAPOLIS, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In letters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner, the head of the nation’s largest wartime veterans organization stated his group’s opposition to repealing the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ (DADT) policy. “We feel strongly that the current policy has served the U.S. military well for 17 ...
WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Practicing what they preach – helping to make a real difference in veterans’ lives – members of The American Legion spent nearly one million hours volunteering at VA medical facilities in fiscal 2009. The nation’s largest veterans group is also one of America’s largest volunteer organizations, its ranks populated by ...