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Councilman's resignation is the only solution
The confrontational and illegal behavior of Councilman Kai Hagen toward a Frederick County deputy sheriff who was exercising his lawful duties on June 20 was clearly unbecoming of an elected member of county government. Mr. Hagen made an effort to intimidate the deputy.
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
In his second inaugural address, as the American Civil War was coming to a close, President Abraham Lincoln committed Americans "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan," and in so doing reminded us of the need to recognize and honor the men and women who are America's veterans.That became the genesis of what we now know as Veterans Day, November 11, a day that had its birth with President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of November 11, 1919, as the...
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
In his second inaugural address, as the American Civil War was coming to a close, President Abraham Lincoln committed Americans "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan," and in so doing reminded us of the need to recognize and honor the men and women who are America's veterans.That became the genesis of what we now know as Veterans Day, November 11, a day that had its birth with President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of November 11, 1919, as the...
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
In his second inaugural address, as the American Civil War was coming to a close, President Abraham Lincoln committed Americans "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan," and in so doing reminded us of the need to recognize and honor the men and women who are America's veterans.That became the genesis of what we now know as Veterans Day, November 11, a day that had its birth with President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of November 11, 1919, as the...
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
In his second inaugural address, as the American Civil War was coming to a close, President Abraham Lincoln committed Americans "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan," and in so doing reminded us of the need to recognize and honor the men and women who are America's veterans.That became the genesis of what we now know as Veterans Day, November 11, a day that had its birth with President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of November 11, 1919, as the...
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
In his second inaugural address, as the American Civil War was coming to a close, President Abraham Lincoln committed Americans "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan," and in so doing reminded us of the need to recognize and honor the men and women who are America's veterans.That became the genesis of what we now know as Veterans Day, November 11, a day that had its birth with President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of November 11, 1919, as the...
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
In his second inaugural address, as the American Civil War was coming to a close, President Abraham Lincoln committed Americans "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan," and in so doing reminded us of the need to recognize and honor the men and women who are America's veterans.That became the genesis of what we now know as Veterans Day, November 11, a day that had its birth with President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of November 11, 1919, as the...
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
In his second inaugural address, as the American Civil War was coming to a close, President Abraham Lincoln committed Americans "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan," and in so doing reminded us of the need to recognize and honor the men and women who are America's veterans.That became the genesis of what we now know as Veterans Day, November 11, a day that had its birth with President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of November 11, 1919, as the...
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
In his second inaugural address, as the American Civil War was coming to a close, President Abraham Lincoln committed Americans "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan," and in so doing reminded us of the need to recognize and honor the men and women who are America's veterans.That became the genesis of what we now know as Veterans Day, November 11, a day that had its birth with President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of November 11, 1919, as the...
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
In his second inaugural address, as the American Civil War was coming to a close, President Abraham Lincoln committed Americans "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan," and in so doing reminded us of the need to recognize and honor the men and women who are America's veterans.That became the genesis of what we now know as Veterans Day, November 11, a day that had its birth with President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of November 11, 1919, as the...
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
In his second inaugural address, as the American Civil War was coming to a close, President Abraham Lincoln committed Americans "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan," and in so doing reminded us of the need to recognize and honor the men and women who are America's veterans.That became the genesis of what we now know as Veterans Day, November 11, a day that had its birth with President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of November 11, 1919, as the...
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
In his second inaugural address, as the American Civil War was coming to a close, President Abraham Lincoln committed Americans "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan," and in so doing reminded us of the need to recognize and honor the men and women who are America's veterans.That became the genesis of what we now know as Veterans Day, November 11, a day that had its birth with President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of November 11, 1919, as the...
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
In his second inaugural address, as the American Civil War was coming to a close, President Abraham Lincoln committed Americans "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan," and in so doing reminded us of the need to recognize and honor the men and women who are America's veterans.That became the genesis of what we now know as Veterans Day, November 11, a day that had its birth with President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of November 11, 1919, as the...
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
In his second inaugural address, as the American Civil War was coming to a close, President Abraham Lincoln committed Americans "to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan," and in so doing reminded us of the need to recognize and honor the men and women who are America's veterans.That became the genesis of what we now know as Veterans Day, November 11, a day that had its birth with President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of November 11, 1919, as the...
Vietnam POW: This is the right way to honor veterans
John Fer is a retired Air Force colonel and Vietnam POW. This is part of the "First time I knew I wanted to serve" series. Fer was shot down on his 54th combat mission by North Vietnamese surface-to-air missiles on February 4, 1967, while engaged in an electronic countermeasures mission. He spent more than six years as a POW in camps in and around Hanoi, frequently in solitary confinement or isolation. He was released March 4, 1973, during "Operation Homecoming." The views expressed are his own.
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