by Gary Kennedy Greetings my fellow veterans and friends. After many years of service, on the positive side, I find myself smitten by the need to allow some of the negatives I have been made aware of by phone, text and face to face conversations. Most of what I take in from others I must […]
by Gary Kennedy Valentine’s Day or St. Valentine’s Day is referenced as the feast of St. Valentine and is celebrated on February 14. This is a day set aside for the acknowledgement of love and affection. But it wasn’t always that way. Saint Valentine, of Rome, was a third century Roman Saint known for courtly […]
by Gary Kennedy Well here we are again. Most of us especially veterans thought it would be over in Washington by now but much to our dismay politicians are still planning and plotting ways to get the upper hand in one way or another. The Biden entrance exam is under way with stimulus that makes […]
by Gary Kennedy Ah! Here it is the first week of January and all will turn back to normal soon. The presidential election is over and the race in Georgia for control of the Senate has been decided. The results of these two events will guide this country for the next four years. A few […]
by Gary Kennedy No one knows for sure the exact date and time that Christ was born. However, there are several interesting things I have run across during my research of Christmas and the birth of Christ. I will share some with you in case you might have more definitive interaction to share with us. […]
by Gary Kennedy The Wampanoag Indian tribe and the first Plymouth Colonists, in the fall of the year 1620, shared a feast that we know as Thanksgiving today. The Wampanoag Indians are also known as the Wȭqanȭak. In the 17th century they were a loose grouping of several different tribes. (Pequot’s, Narragansett, Iroquois, Powhatan, Nipmue […]
by Gary Kennedy Well, here we are again, my friends and fellow vets. Not much time has gone by but I have been presented with many questions and problems. It seems that the online conferencing which no one seems to know about isn’t going too great. As of September 21 the VA Togus has partially […]
by Gary Kennedy Veterans Day originated as Armistice Day, November 11, 1919. Beginning in 1938 Veterans Day became a National holiday. This was the anniversary of World War I. There is much more to think about when we consider the why, when and whats of Veterans Day. Most of us don’t really give it much […]
by Gary Kennedy This is election time and also an SSI and Veteran COLA time. (Cost of Living Adjustment). The veterans historically receive the same as SSI recipients. This is usually what occurs in the fiscal year, October 1. As it stands now the percentage relied upon is using the Consumer Price Index and as […]
by Gary Kennedy When this holiday was considered, the President of the United States was Grover Cleveland. May was the month of choice. However, President Cleveland wisely shied away from May because of the Haymarket bombing. On May 4, 1886, a bomb went off in Haymarket square, Chicago, Illinois, during a labor rally, killing one […]