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November 2nd, 2017 Veterans

Veteran Organization Highlight: Operation Please Remember Me

by victoria

Operation Please Remember Me - Route 9, Loudonville NY

Operation: Please Remember Me If you have ever driven down Route 9 in Loudonville, NY you may have noticed a large stretch of road in which every utility pole holds an American flag with a black mourning ribbon. The display can be seen for about four and a half miles and stretches across 120 consecutive… continue

May 14th, 2015 History Lessons

Fly flags to honor wounded veterans

by James Breig

A volunteer writes a letter for a soldier wounded in WWI. (Smithsonian Institution)

Wars throughout the centuries – large or small, won or lost, justified or not – have two things in common: flags and veterans. The flags fly as veterans march away – and back home, many of them injured in mind or body. A common term for such men and women is “wounded warriors,” a phrase… continue