Once the National Flag Conference met in 1923 the code stated that"the flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing."The American Legion adopted the Flag retirement ceremony which is the proper way to burn a flag. Most of these ceremonies are held on June 14th wh...
Berthe Morisot was a fist in a velvet glove. In 19th century Paris, an haute-bourgeois woman was expected to be discreet to the point of near-invisibility. But Berthe, forbidden to enter L’École des Beaux Arts, started the Impressionist movement that broke open the walls of the art est...
Today a new legion of monks, young and old, carry on the ancient traditions of Cambodian Buddhism. Each morning, upon completing their daybreak litanies, they spread through Phnom Penh from their monastery bunks, accepting donations in alms bowls for the prayers they utter at shops and restauran...
that guy was casey roberts, one of opmed’s guardians. like his brethren, he sounds like a character conjured up by a screenwriter. roberts spent decades as a special forces medic. during a 2009 tour in afghanistan, he was on a joint patrol with the french foreign legion in the ...
JoAnn Schedler, BSN, MSM, RN and a Major, US Army Nurse Corps Reserves (Retired). She served over twenty years with the 452 Combat Support Hospitals (CSH) of Wisconsin. She is a life member of the Mohican Veterans and Reserve Officers Association and a member of the American Legion in ...
Now 89 years old, he recently was awarded France’s Legion d’Honneur at a small ceremony for World War II veterans at the French embassy in Washington. The short, soft spoken man stood up to receive the medal and shook hands with a French diplomat. But he has no plans to return to ...
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