When retired Air Force veteran Charlie “Mutt” Ferrell left his granddaughter, Charlynda Scales, the recipe for his famous put-it-on-everything secret sauce, it wasn’t just a piece of paper or a…
On August 8, 2012, Army Green Beret Master Sgt. Gregory Trent died from wounds sustained in a battle with the enemy in Afghanistan. But he was so much more than…
Dr. Ariella Lehrer earned her degree is in Psychology, from UCLA, and a PhD. in Cognitive Psychology from Claremont Graduate University. As the founder of Legacy Games, she is a…
The fundraiser he started continues today John Cornelius believed we should always honor our Veterans for their commitment and sacrifices. Cornelius was an Army WWII Veteran who earned two Bronze…
In 1991, 18-year-old June Copeland was brushing her teeth when her twin brother, Jerry Copeland, asked her to join the Army with him. Her answer? A resounding “No.” After much…
Few states were as pivotal to the Union victory in the Civil War as the state of Ohio. Ohio lent 320,000 soldiers to the cause, among them Generals Ulysses S….
There are some things we can’t bear to part with. This holds especially true of items with sentimental value, those which spark memories or are a piece of family history….
Where does a museum collection begin? How do curators tell humanity’s most complicated stories? For more than 100 years, the National World War I Museum in K…
A military kid is learning about her dad’s life and experiences through the eyes of her mom.
Ever since Britt Harris first met her husband, Army Spc. Christopher Michael Harris, eyes have played an important part of her story.
Toni Craig, Larisa Roderick and Paul LaRue. These are the names of people who cared enough to preserve the legacy of Veterans interred in unmarked graves by obtaining headstones or markers from VA’s National Cemetery Administration (NCA).
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