Tomorrow is Vienam War Veterans Day, March 29, 2024. But we thank you every day. Photo credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tristan Miller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons When the last combat troops departed Vietnam on March 29, 1973, they arrived home to a puzzling reception. Opinions had been mixed throughout… Read More
Right off the bat I want to set your mind at ease. The Real Estate market does not appear to be in crash mode, at least not of the 2008 variety with which we are all painfully familiar. This is an adjustment, admittedly an unusual one. I know… I too roll my eyes at the… Read More
This blog was published on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 2021. So many holidays are conveniently celebrated on a Monday. I get it. I, like most people, will welcome a long weekend all day long. But Monday holidays tend to get lost in the shuffle. We remember that… Read More
This D-Day post was meant to publish yesterday but after receiving several articles and posts from my son, I realized that what I thought I knew was grievously lacking, and I scrapped my original piece to tell a more complete story. Yesterday, June 6, 2020, was the 76th anniversary of D-Day. D-Day commemorates the allied… Read More
A Pearl Harbor Remembrance, Memories of an Unassuming Sailor. The article below ‘How a Piece of Shrapnel Changed My Father’s Life‘ by John Stark, was first printed in 2013 and republished last year on the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. We posted it on our blog several years ago but I came… Read More
A brief but powerful line from President Obama’s Armed Forces Day Proclamation this year, says it all: “They give their best for America, and they deserve the best from us.” Today is the 67th observance of Armed Forces Day. We owe our thanks to 2,500,000 active and reserve military personnel, with more than 150,000 active… Read More
There are many reasons that I love Arizona. For this, Arizona has earned my respect and my admiration…. ~Bill Tempe, Scottsdale, Chandler and Gilbert have all seen plans and, in some cases, construction, of similar projects with their own unique elements. Patrick Leary, The Republic | azcentral.com When plans to develop a replica of the… Read More
Being a Gilbert, Arizona resident, I found this article more than noteworthy. In a post on Arizona Republic’s website referencing the inevitable forward progress of life in our thriving Valley of the Sun, Dale Hallock writes, “With all the congestion in downtown Old Gilbert today, it would be nice to have a back way across the… Read More
via US Department of Veterans Affairs: Memorial Day History Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with… Read More
Those poppies you see everywhere around Memorial Day hold great significance. When you see them this year, take a moment to recognize the substantial price we pay for our freedom. ~Bill Wear your poppy proudly – spread the story posted by: Peoria Times Thursday, April 9, 2015 2:44 pm Every year, American Legion Auxiliary Units… Read More
