CARTHAGE — Carthage High School’s Army JROTC Comet Battalion excelled during the Army’s formal review called the JROTC Program Assessment on April 22. Because of their outstanding performance, the battalion
Aaron Tibbetts, the son of a veteran who gave the ultimate sacrifice to his country on a mountain in Vietnam, will be the guest speaker at the annual VFW/American Legion
05.06.2021 - US, United States - Common Dreams Retired Army Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter attempted to share the history of Memorial Day at an event in Hudson, Ohio on Monday, noting that freed black slaves played a key role in marking the holiday after the Civil War. Organizers cut his mic, saying Kemter s discussion of Black history was not relevant. (Image by screenshot)
A 77-year-old veteran Army medic accused organizers of an American Legion Memorial Day event of censoring him on Wednesday, days after his microphone was cut as he attempted to share how the holiday was originally celebrated by Black people who had been enslaved.