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Will Glendale honor Vietnam vets?
The White House issued an executive order a couple of years ago declaring March 29 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day; California has proclaimed March 30 be set aside for the same observance. I cannot wait to see what Glendale is going to do to...Tags: Vietnam
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Veterans at Maryland Correctional Training Center learn about services
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comDeputy Secretary Richard Lane of the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs spoke to incarcerated veterans at Maryland Correctional Training Center Wednesday about services available to them. Various organizations made themselves available to the...Tags: U.S. Air Force, Veterans Affairs, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Governor Signs Vietnam Veterans Day into Law
Channel 2 NewsMarch 29 will officially be known as Vietnam Veterans Day in Alaska. Gov. Sean Parnell signed House Bill 67 into law Wednesday, designating that day annually to acknowledge and commemorate the military service of American men and women in the Vietnam...Tags: Bill Thomas, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Steve Thompson, International Military Interventions, Sean Parnell
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Vietnam veterans to be recognized during welcome-home day in The Villages
Those of us of a certain age remember the Vietnam War. Many served in Vietnam or had brothers or sons who did. Others, like me, came home from school and watched it on television every day on the news. Vietnam was the first war to come into the American...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Southeast Asia, Japan, Protest, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Art Callaham: Uncle Bruce was mean, mighty with a bayonet
Although it’s not Veterans Day or Memorial Day, it’s a good day to remember our veterans and our freedoms. Although we just called him Bruce, Robert Bruce Allen was my great uncle (on my mother’s side) and the meanest man in the world....Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Bruce Allen, Memorial Day
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A Word, Please: Losing the apostrophe isn't always an option
Not long ago I wrote a column about how sometimes in terms like “teachers' union” and “homeowners' policy” the apostrophe is optional. If you really mean that the first noun possesses the second, an apostrophe makes sense. But if...Tags: Father's Day, Authors, Family, Holidays, St. Patrick's Day
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Kathryn (Kitty) P. Brown, 83, Frostburg, Md.
Kathryn (Kitty) P. Brown, 83, passed away at Frostburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. Born April 2, 1929, in Uniontown, she was the daughter of the late Eugene W. and Maude (Sutton) Pugh. She was married in 1955 to Korean...
Tags: Relief and Aid Organizations, St. Michaels, Nursing, Human Interest, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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House Bill Would Establish Vietnam Veterans Day
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska House has unanimously passed legislation that would make March 29 of each year Vietnam Veterans Day. HB67 passed 36-0. It now goes to the Senate for consideration. The bill, from Fairbanks Rep. Steve Thompson, calls for establishment of the...Tags: Steve Thompson, Vietnam, U.S. Military
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Beyonce (and Jacobs) vs. THE MARINE BAND
When the news broke that Beyonce might have lip synced the National Anthem at the inaugural ceremony, my first thought was, “Who cares?” Seriously, when President Kennedy was killed and I had to stand in the middle of my high school...
Tags: Entertainment, U.S. Marine Corps, John F. Kennedy, Beyonce, New York City
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Equal footing custody bill fails in Senate
Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of 10 pieces of information helpful to understanding what is - and sometimes isn't - happening at the state Capitol during the...Tags: Kristi Noem, Tim Begalka, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority, Charlie Hoffman
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Equal footing custody bill fails in Senate
Editor's note: As part of the coverage of the 2013 legislative session, the American News will provide, on most days, a list of 10 pieces of information helpful to understanding what is — and sometimes isn’t — happening at the state...Tags: Kristi Noem, Tim Begalka, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority, Dennis Daugaard
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House Panel Slated to Discuss Vietnam Veterans Day
Channel 2 NewsA state House panel will consider a bill that calls for designating March 29 as Vietnam Veterans Day in Alaska. The special committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs is scheduled to hear HB67 on Thursday. March 29, 1973 was the date the last U.S....Tags: Vietnam, Barack Obama
Mar 28, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Mar 22, 2013
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Mar 17, 2013
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Mar 2, 2013
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Feb 25, 2013
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Feb 14, 2013
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Feb 8, 2013
|Column| Daily American
Feb 8, 2013
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Feb 7, 2013
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Feb 7, 2013
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