Story by Rick Emert | Fort Carson Public Affairs Office | 05.18.2019
This year’s sixth annual Living History Day event did not disappoint, as 1,800 people attended the Mountain Post Living event hosted by the 4th Infantry Division Museum May 18, 2019, at Kit Carson Memorial Park at Fort Carson, Colorado. The event commemorated the 75th anniversary of D-Day and was more than double in size compared to last year....
Story by Sgt. Rigo Cisneros | 211th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.23.2019
Volunteers and historical re-enactors from all over the country participated in the Living History Weekend, 22-24 March 2018, sponsored by the Museum of the America GI in College Station, TX. The museum is a non-profit organization that maintains historical uniforms, weapons and equipment that have has been used in America’s conflicts....
Story by Catherine Carroll | 88th Readiness Division | 08.20.2018
Every year in August, the 88th Readiness Division joins the citizens of Indianapolis to honor the lineage and legacy of President Benjamin Harrison....
Story by Spc. John Irish | 354th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 05.20.2018
It was a stifling muggy day in Upper St. Clair during the town’s annual community day event. The men of Knap’s Independent Battery “E,” a Civil War reenacting group from southwestern Pennsylvania, toiled in their wool attire, preparing their gun and camp for a shooting demonstration. Their presence worked to reel the attention in of the onlookers at the event for the Fulton Log House nearby....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Northeast | 06.16.2017
By Coast Guard Auxiliarist Reid Oslin A New England-based Coast Guard family is keeping alive memories of one of that service’s most visible and appreciated missions of World War II: The Coast Guard Mounted Beach Patrol....
Story by Capt. Saska Ball | U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) | 06.03.2015
Yesterday, June 3, 2015, I had the opportunity to attend and cover a ceremony here in commemoration of the 71st Anniversary of D-Day. Little information was given to my partner, Staff. Sgt. Opal Vaughan, of the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), and I, supporting U.S. European Command, Public Affairs Office....
Story by Capt. Matthew Boyle | North Carolina National Guard | 01.17.2015
Forty-four members of the N.C. Guard’s 1132nd Military Police Company supported state and local law enforcement during the 150th anniversary of the Second Battle of Fort Fisher. The Friends of Fort Fisher hosted over 15,000 visitors at the Fort Fisher State Historic Site. The 1132nd soldiers assisted with parking, at crosswalks and as ambassadors of good will to all who attended....
