History/Heritage News
7 Women Veterans Honored by DAR
Monday, November 9, 2015 | Category: History/Heritage - Michigan
The Abiel Fellows and Amos Sturgis chapters of DAR have honored women veterans in November around Veterans Day since 2001. They hosted their annual tea in Centreville, honoring seven women veterans who served in different eras. They shared their diverse military experiences and recognized how each others' successful service paved the way for women to serve in the future.
140 Veterans Make History as First All-Female Honor Flight
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | Category: History/Heritage - National
History was made when 140 women veterans flew to Washington D.C. on the first all-female honor flight. The women ranged in age from 28 to 96 and served during World War II, Korean, and Vietnam War eras. Until now, no local Honor Flight included more than 5 women veterans. The non-profit Honor Flight Network organizes free flights to Washington D.C. to visit memorials built to honor their service to the nation.
First All-Female Honor Flight Brings 140 Veterans to D.C
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 | Category: History/Heritage - National
Ohio women veterans made history when they flew free to Washington D.C. as the first all-female Honor Flight. They visited military-related sites and were honored at special presentation at the Women in Military Service Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. The non-profit Honor Flight Network organizes free flights to Washington D.C. to visit memorials built to honor their service to the nation.
Women-focused Honor Flight Highlights Their Service
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 | Category: History/Heritage - National
In Washington D.C., 140 female veterans gathered for the first women-only "Honor Flight,' a program that brings veterans to the nation’s capital each year to tour the military service memorials and monuments. Organizers shared that "getting women veterans on those trips can be problematic because of stereotypes about their service and contributions, often from the women themselves." The established "Honor Flight" tour was tailored to include a special presentation at the Women in Military Service Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Women Veterans–Equally Valued. Equally Qualified. Equally Served.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 | Category: History/Heritage - National
Why don’t women tell people that they’re veterans? Nancy Glowacki, Army veteran and Women Veteran Program Manager for the Department of Labor Veterans' Employment and Training Service, shares her insights and the importance of equally valuing men and women's military service.
"There Was Beauty & There Was Horror — Both Coexisted"
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 | Category: History/Heritage - National
This powerful expose shares interviews with several women who served in the U.S. military. Most shared one thing in common: "they were proud of their service and the barriers they were able to break down while in uniform."
Women in Combat, Immigration Profiled in Reservist's Film
Monday, June 1, 2015 | Category: History/Heritage - National
Army Reserve Capt. Rebecca Murga's new short film, "American Girl," tells the story of women in combat ranks. Murga, a filmmaker, photographer and writer, follows a young woman's experience in becoming a soldier who eventually serves in Afghanistan.
A Band of Sisters on the Special Ops Battlefield
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 | Category: History/Heritage - National
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon,a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the New York Times best seller, discusses her book "Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield," In 2011, women served on night raids alongside American and Afghan special operations fighters while the ban on women in ground combat remained effective. Lt. White, on her nation's behalf, faced a selection process aimed at finding the most elite women soldiers for some of America's most important and dangerous wartime missions. Few in the nation knew this.
Honoring Women in the Military
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 | Category: History/Heritage - Florida
Captain Nori Ann Reed of Sanibel was the first woman assigned onboard Navy ships, and later was the first woman to have the honor of being Captain of three Navy ships. Colonel Catherine Scott entered the US Air Force in 1974 and was the first woman to command an Air Force ROTC unit in the US.
The Medal of Honor's History
Friday, May 22, 2015 | Category: History/Heritage - National
More than 3,400 Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force and Coast Guard personnel have received the Medal of Honor for action during 20 separate periods of U.S. conflict. A total of 193 medals have recognized non-combat bravery through 1963, when this category was eliminated. Nineteen men received the Medal of Honor twice. One woman, Dr. Mary Walker an nurse during the Civil War, received the Medal of Honor. Nine Medals of Honor were awarded to recognize the unknown U.S. soldiers buried in Arlington National Cemetery, as well as the World War I foreign unknowns buried overseas in Romania, Italy, the United Kingdom, France, and Belgium.