9 Local Fallen Heroes Honored Nov 11th

American Legion Post 79 LeRoy paid for the wall: Fallen Hero Wall of Honor   Dedication Ceremony Friday, November 11, 2022, 1:30 PM   Casper Brewing Company   For more information contact:  America’s Gold Star Families, Inc and Casper Brewing Company will host a dedication ceremony to unveil a Fallen Hero Wall of Honor on Veterans […]

Veterans Day in Leroy

A good sized crowd gathered outside American Legion Post 79 in Leroy to honor Veterans Day. Thank you for preserving freedom Veterans!

My changes

I have a few things that will affect how much I write. The first is an eye surgery I had on Monday. That is going to limit screen time until my eye heals. I have no idea how long that will take. The next one is bigger! I’m celebrating Veterans Day by bringing home my […]

Everyday is the day to honor veterans

  The History Channel website has stories from Veterans, this link is to survivors of Pearl Harbor:  https://www.history.com/shows/pearl-harbor-the-last-word/videos/paving-the-way-nelson-mitchell?playlist_slug=pearl-harbor-the-last-word-season-1-preview-list Note:  You may have trouble not watching all of them!

Federal Holidays

By:  Diane Benjamin Columbus Day was a Federal Holiday, the Bloomington City Council met anyway in violation of City Code:   https://blnnews.com/2019/10/13/bloomington-violates-their-own-code/  Tomorrow is Veterans Day, the Council meeting will be held on Tuesday instead. If Federal Holidays and City Code are now optional, what else is optional?  Laws?  Truth?  Transparency?

Veterans are immaterial locally

By:  Diane Benjamin Veterans risk their lives to protect our freedom and liberty.  Locally they have to fight just to not be ignored. 1) Remember the story of the disabled vet with a service dog who just wanted to teach?  https://blnnews.com/2019/02/21/disabled-vet-ada-and-juvenile-detention/ He is able to teach now and he is assisting with the Veterans Court.  […]

Thank you Veterans

We are only free because of the brave This country owes our Veterans a debt that can never be repaid.  Thanks for your service.

Happy Veterans day Dad

A blessed Veterans Day to all the Vets who served to protect our Country (especially my Dad) Thanks for your service! . It almost fits! . . .

A true and moving Veterans Day story

by:  Carol Davis (West Suburban Patriots) 11/11/13 Veterans Day I bartend part time at a local bowling alley — nice crowd, lots of “regulars”, not very many rowdy drunks, thank goodness. Tonight one of my customers, who happens to be active-duty military and served in the Middle East, did something that I will think about […]