by Gary Kennedy Well, Julie and I have arrived back home from our humanitarian mission in the South Pacific. Our plane trip both going and coming was a literal nightmare which took two days each way. Lay overs were the worst of it, sleeping in airport chairs, etc., is murder on your body. All my […]
by Gary Kennedy The usage of Independence Day would be, and is known to all as the 4th of July. When we speak of it in this way it becomes clear as to its real meaning as each of us know and understand it. I state this as we recently have had an influx of […]
by Gary Kennedy There is a new kid in town as of last year. I didn’t mention it as I originally thought it would just fade away. However, that isn’t going to happen as it has been around since 1910. I really had no idea. I have never even heard of it. For those in […]
by Gary Kennedy Well, here we are again my friends. We are about to have another long weekend and it looks like it will be a beautiful day, weather wise. For those who aren’t aware Memorial Day originally was known as Decoration Day. Unlike Veterans Day it is to pay our respects to those who […]
The views of the author of this column are not necessarily those of The Town Line newspaper, its staff and board of directors. by Gary Kennedy Most of us are taking a sigh of relief; the mid-term election, with all its turmoil and anxiety, has come to an end or has it? There have been […]
by Gary Kennedy Thanksgiving is supposed to be a cheery time of year. We get time off from work and time is allowed to join with family and friends to give thanks for all we have received this year. All this is great in theory but what if your year has been a difficult one? […]
by Gary Kennedy So here we are with another year passing us by and searching for meaning. We veterans know who, what and why we are considered veterans. In general, those who have served in the U.S. Military are veterans. However, title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations defines a veteran as “a person […]
by Gary Kennedy Halloween is rooted in a Celtic pagan festival called Samhain (SAH-WANE). This was earlier appropriated by the early Catholic Church approximately 1,500 years ago. After the Celtics were conquered by the Romans, pagan traditions were adopted into the holiday honoring Catholic saints, the ancient Celts consisted of tribes and small kingdoms that […]
by Gary Kennedy Well here we are again. It has been a nice summer and a beautiful September. We have a lot of rain but we have need of every drop of it. Some information has come out on the veteran side of things. As you all know some of us belong to groups and […]
by Gary Kennedy Well, as I promised here is part three of VA series. Not much has changed at the VA, Togus; the doors to Veteran Services are still closed/locked, the pool, gym are still off limits to all veterans except paying employees. Veterans are giving up. They now tend to meet in small groups […]