4+ hour, 7+ min ago  (460+ words) Assorted flowers laid on top of the grave, picked from gardens along Tammy Jo Cormier's trip to the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen. Cormier drove over an hour from Sanbornville to ensure that John W. Mulligan, a Navy veteran,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (275+ words) One of the reasons that the Department of Defense is called that is because the U. S. Constitution contains the words "provide for the common defense" versus funding offensive wars. Formally renaming the Department of Defense would also require Congressional action. Article…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (518+ words) In times of war, Americans often turn to faith. We pray for the safety of those in uniform. We pray for families caught in the crossfire. We pray for peace. That instinct reflects something good in us " a recognition that…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago  (361+ words) The day Mark Bradley graduated high school, he went to the U. S. Marine Corps recruitment office. Inspired by his Uncle Bob, who served in Korea, he'd dreamed of enlisting since he was 5 years old, and at 17, he headed down to Camp…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (470+ words) The experience of the Venezualan deportees and others arrested by ICE is reminiscent of what happened to Japanese-Americans in 1942. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, fear gripped America. Demagogues came forward, making racist arguments against Japanese-Americans and questioning their loyalty....

7+ mon, 2+ day ago  (636+ words) Ken Georgevits asked the several hundred students gathered in the gym at Abbot-Downing Elementary School to raise their hands if they knew a veteran. Arms shot up around the room. "Veterans Day, we recognize all veterans alive and deceased," said…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1283+ words) Floyd Severance participated in this year's Memorial Day Parade in Hooksett, dressed in his 83-year-old Army uniform from World War II. COURTESY Floyd Severance sits in the living room of his Concord home. For the 101-year-old Severance, who served in World…...