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Disabled Veterans’ Conference at Walt Disney World

Information on this conference just appeared on the VA Website (December 15, 2010). The event runs from December 12 to 16 so there is still time to...
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American Legion to Obama: Appeal court's ruling on DADT

The commander of the United States' largest veterans organization is urging President Barack Obama and the Justice Department to appeal the...
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God banned from funerals for war vets under Obama VA's orders

In what appears to be an emotionally charged battle between fraternal military organizations --such as The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign...
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George's Bum Bum Rum

Take a retired fire chief from Long Beach, California and set him down in a remote cove not far from the Guatemalan river town of Rio Dulce and...
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Marine Dad vows to keep fighting Westboro protesters

Albert Snyder says he is not done fighting the Westboro Baptist Church and the emotional strain its anti-gay, anti-military protests cause families...
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Where are the women at VA health centers?

Many women veterans are not utilizing VA healthcare. Could it be, they're too embarrassed to talk about their issues? Or, they feel a lack of...
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Christmas came early in Guatemala

This hasn’t been a good week for news in Guatemala. On Monday the government announced a ‘State of Siege’ in the northern...
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Cody Alicea: Flag waving bike rider buoyed by public pressure & biker escort

  • Cody Alecia
  • November 16, 2010
Cody Alicea, 13, was accompanied by an "Old Glory" escort to school this morning in Sacramento, California. That same school had demanded...
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Dead by 8:30, buried by 3:30

‘Jaime’ aka James Ludowese died at 8:20am on Memorial Day. He was 76 and a long time member of American Legion Post #2 in Antigua,...
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Down river, into the Devil's sauna

Why does this Post do this yearly outreach program, when other Posts wait for their members or distant veterans to come to them? Imagine a five...
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