By ALEX HORTON | The Washington Post | Published: March 11, 2021 It was early September 1864 when Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan, with a reputation among Southerners as a swashbuckling gentleman, was surrounded by federal soldiers outside a Tennessee mansion. Morgan fled across the lawn. A Union bullet shredded the general s heart, a member of his staff wrote to Morgan s wife, ending his campaign of ambushing and capturing U.S. troops. Nearly 160 years later, Morgan s legacy lives within 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment of the Kentucky National Guard, which traces its lineage through a cavalry unit he commanded. Its members are officially nicknamed Morgan s Men. On the radio, the commander is known by the call sign Morgan 6.
Lincoln Intermediate Unit to begin vaccinating teachers Thursday, Central York official says
York Dispatch
The Lincoln Intermediate Unit in New Oxford will begin administering the COVID-19 vaccine to York County teachers on Thursday, according to a Central York School District official.
Central York Human Resources Director Bobbi Billman shared details about the plan at a Monday school board meeting. All employees at Pennsylvania s public and private schools are eligible to receive the vaccine, including support staff such as substitute teachers and bus drivers.
Lincoln Intermediate Unit officials declined comment when reached Wednesday.
Gov. Tom Wolf announced a plan last week to distribute the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine directly to Pennsylvania educators, with the goal to grant all state educators and support staff access to the vaccine by the end of March. About 94,000 doses were distributed in the first wave of the rollout, with early and special educatio
Two decades later, remembering the 18 fallen airmen of the National Guard Red Horse squadron
The transport plane went down in Georgia on its way home to NAS Oceana, killing everyone on board. Author: Mike Gooding Updated: 9:43 PM EST March 3, 2021
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. To this day, March 3, 2001, goes down as the worst peace-time aviation mishap in the history of the National Guard.
Eighteen local airmen died that day, 20 years ago on Wednesday. Their names are forever etched in stone at their home base, the State Military Reservation, Camp Pendleton.
At a 20th anniversary memorial service, Taps was played and a wreath was was laid to honor the 18 members of the 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (Red Horse) Squadron.