Scouts from around the state will come to Brandon to honor veterans with a parade this Saturday morning.
For those who’ve served in the United States Armed Forces, often the battles they face don’t end once they return home. Navigating health problems, finding work and reconnecting with family and friends are among the common challenges veterans might face w … (read more)
The local chapter of The Forty and Eight, a national veterans organization, has awarded scholarships to five outstanding students in nursing programs in colleges in Vermont.
Vermont Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve has announced its combined 2023-2024 award recipients for service and support to Vermont’s National Guard and U.S. Armed Forces Reserve members. At their annual banquet held recently at the Vt Air National … (read more)
Vets Town Hall, a Vermont-based nonprofit that works to increase understanding between veterans and civilians, is partnering with local organizations to host six events throughout the state this fall. The first one took place at Bristol’s Holley Hall on O … (read more)
By the time Veterans Day arrives, the 2024 election will have hopefully ended. Many town hall events were held to inform the public of candidate positions on policy and public concerns.
The Vergennes Union High School Class of 2025 set a goal of raising $3,500 for its Senior Walkathon, which was held on a cool and mostly cloudy Thursday, Oct. 24, on behalf of the Wounded Warrior Project.
Addison County is home to many who have served in the United States Armed Forces, and community members next week will get a chance to hear from some of those local veterans about what their service means to them.
The weather report was ominous, but the groups involved in the Remembrance Ceremony and Memorial Dedication for two veterans interred in the Vergennes Burying Ground decided to forge ahead with a solemn, yet shortened, service on June 23rd.
“Many veterans no longer refer to it as PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder),” Bob Almeter points out. “They call it Post Traumatic Stress (PTS). It’s not a disorder. It’s part of who I am.”
The town of Bristol through the years has been home to many individuals who’ve served our country in the armed forces, including more than a dozen veterans who’ve been awarded a Purple Heart for the sacrifices they made while in the line of duty.
Veterans Day, this Saturday, Nov. 11, will feature several social, solemn and patriotic events in Addison County aimed at honoring the sacrifices of the who’ve served our country.
Brian Frazier, Lincoln resident whose family has a long line of service in the U.S. military, was recently inducted into the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, known as MOLLUS.
The cremated remains of a Vietnam War veteran that had been found in the trunk of a junked car at a Pittsford scrapyard have been interred next to the grave of the veteran’s daughter at the East Clarendon Cemetery.
The oldest portion of Farmingdale Veterans Cemetery was formerly known as the Seeley Cemetery. It’s where several local veterans of the Revolutionary War are buried.
