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Did you know that 151 years ago today, the Medal of Honor was created? As the highest military honor in the United States, the Medal of Honor awards individuals for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. Since its creation in 1862 during the Civil War, the Medal of Honor has been awarded to more than 3,400 men and one woman.
Read moreIn April 1945, after more than three years as a guerrilla leader in the Philippines, Lt. Col. Edward Ernest McClish came home to Okmulgee, Oklahoma, where his family, who had refused to believe him dead, waited for him.
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“It was amazing what my father went through,” stated Jan Dukes, Seminole County resident. “To have gone through what he went through and be so fortunate to survive.”
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MDMA shows promise healing mental trauma in FDA-approved clinical trials
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Samuel Chapman Armstrong’s father died when Samuel was 21 and the young man left his home in Hawaii for Williams College in Massachusetts. The year was 1860 and Armstrong graduated in 1862 in the chaotic turmoil of the Civil War. He volunteered to serve in the Union Army and recruited a company of infantry in Troy, New York. He was commissioned a captain, but brutal combat service saw him rise to Lieutenant Colonel, when he was assigned to command the 8 th United States Colored Troops, a regiment recruited from former slaves. They fought and served valiantly until October 1865 when now-General Armstrong and his men were discharged from the Army.
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On the morning of Sunday, June 21, 2020 all of the family of Ernest and Mildred Moore gathered in their home to celebrate Ernest and Mildred’s 70th wedding anniversary. The morning was spent taking pictures and catching up on the happenings of each other. Every one of the 3 children, seven grand children, 10 greatgrand children and one great-great-grand daughter was present. Such a wonderful blessing. Ernest and. Mildred met
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We are open to do our part in these times, but we sometimes don’t know what we can do. Many are delivering food to shut-ins, making masks to give out, or making phone calls to avoid getting out. There is another way to connect with those who really need to know they haven’t been forgotten, and they are those who are in assisted living and nursing homes.
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