Veterans posts losing knowledge of namesakes
Audrey Fleeger steps lightly around bricks in Diamond Park, trying to locate her brother, Tag Donaldson.
He is among the hund...
Many of the following veterans organizations are named after fallen soldiers.
With the passing of many senior members, some of the clubs have lost information about thei...
Whites backed McCain; blacks backed Obama
NEW YORK — The barrier-crossing election of Barack Obama did little to bridge the deep racial divide in American churches. In fa...
Little is known about Paul Luther Geissenhainer, for whom the Zelienople American Legion post was named.
According to post historian Ed Cohen, Geissenhainer was killed...
As one historic duel — the presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain — ends, another heats up. The stakes are high: nothing less than the soul of rock 'n' r...
With few available records to identify the men for whom this American Legion was chartered, post adjutant and secretary Chuck Hetrick is trying to fill in the blanks.
To...
Pvt. Henry Lauter served in the U.S. Army, Co. D, 117th Engineers. He died from pneumonia because of weather conditions.
"His father Lorenz Lauter, his mother Anna Laut...
Butler County residents paused in November 1979 to honor those who had given their lives to ensure the nation's freedom. As part of the Veterans Day observance that year...
FORD CITY — The Armstrong County Master Gardener Program will conduct a composting workshop from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Crooked Creek Environmental Learning Center...
Joseph T. Black was born in 1888 in Oakland Township. According to post adjutant Mike Mizerak, he was member of the Army's Co. L for 12 years, serving on the Mexican bor...
