Posts Tagged ‘veterans day’
Contra Costa celebrates veterans: ‘They were ordinary people who responded in extraordinary ways in extreme times.’
A room filled with veterans, reservists, family members and public officials went quiet Tuesday as Brig. Gen. Bart Gilbert stepped up to the podium in the Contra Costa County board chambers. Although he is long retired from active duty, his uniform still fits. Gilbert was this year’s keynote speaker at the county’s annual Veterans Day…
Read MoreRichmond event honors veterans on Veterans Day
Advocates for veterans held a resource fair Wednesday in Richmond, arguing that the men and women who served their country sometimes aren’t being given the services they need to resume civilian life.
Read MoreCelebrating the SS Red Oak Victory’s birthday on Veterans Day
Three hundred people gathered to celebrate the SS Red Oak Victory’s 70th birthday today, including 89-year-old Robert DiChiara, one of the ship’s original crew members. “I never thought I would see it in such great shape,” he said.
Read MoreGUEST OPINION: Lament for veterans
GUEST OPINION: Inegalitarianism, defined as the exclusion of large segments of the population from participation in the socioeconomic and political system despite the language of equality, liberty and freedom, has permeated the U.S. since its inception. Veterans Day provides the opportunity to reflect on the hundreds of thousands who have perished in battle, suffered wounds…
Read MoreSan Quentin commemorates Veterans Day
Monday was the second annual Veterans Day remembrance celebration at San Quentin initiated by a prison group called Veterans Healing Veterans. This program offers some hope that insight from imprisoned veterans can help those struggling to recover from combat outside the walls.
Read MoreRichmond celebrates Veterans Day
Richmond residents donned red, white and blue and showed their support for military veterans at two separate events in the city on Monday.
Read MoreOn 60th anniversary, county recognizes veterans of the Korean War
Contra Costa County is hosting an event the day after Veterans Day that will honor all service members, but will feature veterans of the Korean War.
Read MoreProgram helps homeless veterans find shelter
The Veterans Resource Program, founded by Rhonda Harris in 2011, is a place where veterans can stay, get information about filing benefits claims, and find help for PTSD and other wartime symptoms.
Read MoreA veteran’s story: Agent Orange and the Marine from Baton Rouge
As a 20-year-old growing up in the woods near Louisiana State University, Jones said he didn’t know the war was going on—much less where Vietnam was on a map. “I just plain volunteered,” he said. “I went to my boot camp, gun school and ITR. At the end of my training they said, ‘You’re a machine gunner and you be going to Vietnam.'”
Read MoreA Marine veteran in the Iron Triangle goes solar
Aside from the four years he served in the Marine Corps, Henry Avila has spent his life in Richmond’s Iron Triangle. Avila, 59, says that it hasn’t always been easy for him—growing up there was a lot of crime in the neighborhood and a work-site accident in his late 20s left him permanently disabled. The…
Read MoreSS Red Oak Victory hosts Veterans Day celebration
Aboard the only surviving cargo ship produced in Richmond’s Kaiser Shipyards during WWII, the community gathered on Veterans Day to celebrate those that served their country. The ship is newly restored, and functions as a WWII museum. Check out the video to hear the stories of Richmond residents who lived through the wartime effort.
Read MoreA family of service
For one military family, every day is Veterans Day.
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