Nearly 150 years have passed since General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued an order designating May 30 as a day to honor those who had fallen in defense of our country. Gen. Logan’s order called for decorating graves...
A true American hero died last week, and I - and, in fact, all of us - should be deeply saddened. For while Harley had but one eye, he saw, and experienced, atrocities that none of us could even conjure up with full sight. Harley was a...
"Faith, Hope, and Charity." I first learned of these three virtues in the parochial school I attended growing up in Philadelphia. I was taught that they are from the Apostle Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians and, that of the three, the greatest is charity. That lesson...
Alex used his uncanny sense of smell to find improvised explosive devices in the Zahri district of Kandahar. Archie engaged in a gun battle against Taliban militants as part of the US Army 67th Engineer Detachment. And Altos was injured during combat operations in Afghanistan. These...
When in 1918 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as Armistice Day - what is now Veterans Day - he envisioned a celebration honoring the men of our nation's Armed Services who fought in World War I. The original concept included parades filled with pomp and pageantry,...