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Veterans Day 2016

Some may have forgotten that Veterans’ Day actually began as Armistice Day, commemorating the end of the Great War on 11 November 1918.  Through the years it developed a meaning for all veterans, though it continues to recall the cost of The Great War.

Right now thousands of US troops are stationed around the world in support of the nation’s mission.  Many more have returned home from war Read more

An Air Force Widow’s Story: Living by Faith

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Just before sunset on Veterans Day, she sat next to her husband’s headstone at Arlington National Cemetery, reminding her three children how their father was with God in heaven and what it means to have faith.

Faith has kept Heather Gray moving forward. It’s what has gotten her through the grief and trials she faced after her husband, Maj. David Gray, was killed by a suicide bomber in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 8, 2012…

One of David’s escorts had brought back a little box, one that usually holds wet wipes, and told Heather he didn’t know what it was, but thought it was something she would like to have.

“Each kid had given David a small toy of theirs to take with him while he Read more

Veterans’ Day 2011

Some may have forgotten that Veterans’ Day actually began as Armistice Day, commemorating the end of World War I on 11 November 1918.  Through the years it developed a meaning for all veterans, though it continues to recall the cost of The Great War.

Right now hundreds of thousands of US troops are stationed around the world in support of the military’s mission.  Many more have returned home from war Read more