11/07/21
Hi all
Wednesday, November 10 - Marana Veterans Cemetery. Email me if you would like to help put US Flags on the grave sites of our fallen comrades. We will meet at the AC parking lot, carpool and leave at 7:15. Bring a screwdriver and hammer to make holes for the flags. Please wear your Veteran Club shirt if you have one. Let me know if you plan to volunteer.
Thursday, November 11 - Veterans Day Ceremony, 4PM at the Catalina Vista, speech by book author on military wives in the SW during the 1800s. If you have a uniform, patches, insignia you would like to display, call Kate Cusumano at 520-437-2074. Please wear your Veteran Club shirt if you have one.
Veterans Day Knowledge - answers below
1. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, about how many military Veterans are there in the U.S?
a) 15M b) 19M c) 20M d) 22M
2. The federal government has provided benefits to military Veterans since which conflict?
a) Revolutionary War b) Civil War c) Spanish-American War d) WWII
3. There are more than 2.5M women Veterans, Loretta Perfectus Walsh became America's first official enlisted woman when she joined the U.S. Navy on what date?
a) July 4, 1776 b) April 12, 1861 c) March 21, 1917 d) Dec 7, 1941
4. Of the 45 men who have been presidents of the U.S, how many had some type of military service?
a) 29 b) 30 c) 31 d) 32
5. The first federal agency that handled Veterans' issues, the Veterans Administration, was created in what year?
a) 1776 b) 1865 c) 1918 d) 1930
December meeting is from 12 - 2 in an "Open Mic" format. Email me if you would like to share a 10 minute story to the membership. I already have some names but could use more.
I've been receiving photos from members during their time in the service. Please join the 61 members and growing number on our website by sending me one of yourself.
Please bring me your branch colored shirt to have our club & your first name embroidered on it for free. You can pick one up on the sale rack at Kohl's, Ross stores or Wal-Mart. Some have ordered one online or had one in their closet. I currently have 3 shirts to get embroidered and would need more for her to do the embroidery. Currently 52 members have an embroidered shirt.
Legacy Brick order deadline is Nov 15. Installation begins Dec 13.
Nov 1 meeting minutes
Photos from Veteran Club meetings in 2021
Veterans Day Discounts
Consider donating to Wreaths Across America. Help lay wreaths at Marana Veterans Cemetery grave sites Dec 18.
History of Veterans Day by the VA
Beirut barracks blown up killing 241 US military personnel. Oct 1983
Japanese planes destroy USS Hornet Oct 1942
PBS to premiere "American Exile", about deporting former US soldiers, in conjunction with Veterans Day Nov 16
QUIZ ANSWERS: 1-B, 2-A, 3-C, 4-A, 5-D
As always, thank you for your service
Mike
Hi all
Wednesday, November 10 - Marana Veterans Cemetery. Email me if you would like to help put US Flags on the grave sites of our fallen comrades. We will meet at the AC parking lot, carpool and leave at 7:15. Bring a screwdriver and hammer to make holes for the flags. Please wear your Veteran Club shirt if you have one. Let me know if you plan to volunteer.
Thursday, November 11 - Veterans Day Ceremony, 4PM at the Catalina Vista, speech by book author on military wives in the SW during the 1800s. If you have a uniform, patches, insignia you would like to display, call Kate Cusumano at 520-437-2074. Please wear your Veteran Club shirt if you have one.
Veterans Day Knowledge - answers below
1. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, about how many military Veterans are there in the U.S?
a) 15M b) 19M c) 20M d) 22M
2. The federal government has provided benefits to military Veterans since which conflict?
a) Revolutionary War b) Civil War c) Spanish-American War d) WWII
3. There are more than 2.5M women Veterans, Loretta Perfectus Walsh became America's first official enlisted woman when she joined the U.S. Navy on what date?
a) July 4, 1776 b) April 12, 1861 c) March 21, 1917 d) Dec 7, 1941
4. Of the 45 men who have been presidents of the U.S, how many had some type of military service?
a) 29 b) 30 c) 31 d) 32
5. The first federal agency that handled Veterans' issues, the Veterans Administration, was created in what year?
a) 1776 b) 1865 c) 1918 d) 1930
December meeting is from 12 - 2 in an "Open Mic" format. Email me if you would like to share a 10 minute story to the membership. I already have some names but could use more.
I've been receiving photos from members during their time in the service. Please join the 61 members and growing number on our website by sending me one of yourself.
Please bring me your branch colored shirt to have our club & your first name embroidered on it for free. You can pick one up on the sale rack at Kohl's, Ross stores or Wal-Mart. Some have ordered one online or had one in their closet. I currently have 3 shirts to get embroidered and would need more for her to do the embroidery. Currently 52 members have an embroidered shirt.
Legacy Brick order deadline is Nov 15. Installation begins Dec 13.
Nov 1 meeting minutes
Photos from Veteran Club meetings in 2021
Veterans Day Discounts
Consider donating to Wreaths Across America. Help lay wreaths at Marana Veterans Cemetery grave sites Dec 18.
History of Veterans Day by the VA
Beirut barracks blown up killing 241 US military personnel. Oct 1983
Japanese planes destroy USS Hornet Oct 1942
PBS to premiere "American Exile", about deporting former US soldiers, in conjunction with Veterans Day Nov 16
QUIZ ANSWERS: 1-B, 2-A, 3-C, 4-A, 5-D
As always, thank you for your service
Mike