Kansas City foundation plans virtual Global War on Terror memorial for fallen service members
A local group is working on a virtual memorial for soldiers who were killed fighting the War on Terror.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â A new memorial for American military members killed in the Global War on Terror will become virtual instead of being housed in a Kansas City, Kansas, museum.
The American Fallen Warrior Memorial Foundation announced it is no longer pursuing a large, physical memorial and museum. While the nonprofit hopes to have some amount of a physical presence in the area, the majority of its information will now be online and accessible worldwide.
Xiarhos organizes statewide coat drive for veterans
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BOSTON – State Representative Steve Xiarhos (R-West Barnstable) organized and participated in a statewide campaign to distribute new winter coats to veterans across the Commonwealth.
A total of 18,000 winter coats are being provided at no cost to veterans under the Coats4Vets program, thanks to the Massachusetts Military Support Foundation and its generous partners. The coats are being supplied by Ocean State Job Lot as part of its “Buy, Give, Get” program to help veterans in need. The program encouraged customers to purchase a new winter coat and then donate it back to the store in exchange for a gift card.
There s Still Time in 2020 to Help Wreaths Across America and Do Something Great for Your Community in 2021
Wreaths Across America announces matching wreath sponsorship program to help give back to local community efforts
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COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine, Dec. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ This year, on National Wreaths Across America Day at 2,557 participating locations, dedicated Americans in every state honored our nation s heroes by safely placing a total of 1.7 million veterans wreaths on their headstones and remembering them, by saying each name out loud.
Building on this effort, Wreaths Across America (WAA) is announcing a wreath matching campaign for its registered Sponsorship Groups that is open now, and will run through Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. This campaign is only for veterans wreaths sponsored through a local WAA Sponsorship Group in your area.
Wreaths Across America virtual convoy rolls on For Every Daughter and Every Son, Resting Beneath the Snow in Arlington Local ceremony Dec. 19 The Highlanders Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will place a wreath at the Highland County Veterans Memorial at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19.
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COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine – In spite of a snowstorm that brought record amounts to some areas, the mission to honor our nation’s veterans will not be detoured.
Wreaths Across America (WAA), is a national effort that grew thanks to a simple picture of wreaths laid at soldiers graves covered with snow at Arlington National Cemetery.