Tag: veterans

We Want You!

Kathy Sinnott The Arizona Heroes Memorial is under construction and will be our state’s newest destination spot! This tribute recognizes our first responders, current military, veterans, and healthcare workers. You’ve read about our progress for this 2.5-acre memorial housed within Narana Park in Oro Valley. Now, we’d like to get you involved! First, we have…

Building a Strong Foundation

Kathy Sinnott A 24-foot obelisk will grace the southern Arizona skyline this year, offering new views of the Oro Valley horizon. The Arizona Heroes Memorial is on target to finish construction by late spring and will offer a plethora of activities for tourists and residents alike! Its scenic setting and landscaping will only be enhanced by…

A Heroes Invitation

Kathy Sinnott The Arizona Heroes Memorial is currently under construction in Oro Valley. Briefly, this living memorial will honor Arizona residents who served (and serve) within the military, as well as those of the first responder and healthcare professions. Our heroes answered ‘the call of duty’ to secure our nation’s freedoms. Recently, our world has…

MOAA Supports Blind Veterans

Peggy McGee After learning about the many programs the VA Hospital in Tucson offers to help blind veterans adjust, the Green Valley Chapter, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), decided they wanted to do something to support the program. They learned that the Blind Veterans Rehab program wanted to get a program to teach blind…

U.S. Military History: Unrecognized Heroes

Ross Dunfee When you hear your service-song played and you were in that branch of military service, please stand and be recognized. And so, the song goes, Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, and now Space Force. In turn, veterans of each branch of military service stand, the audience appropriately applauds the veterans, and…

Activities Council Honors Veterans

Honoring our veterans on the Fourth of July was the aim of the QC Activities Council under the direction of Epifania Torres. The day began with Bill Foraker emceeing the flag raising ceremony with the cadets from Sahuarita High School presenting the colors and raising the flag. Commander Brad Roberson was our guest speaker, delivering inspiring…

Celebrate Our Nation and Honor Our Veterans

Attention All Veterans: Quail Creek is celebrating you and your branch of the military at the Flag Raising Ceremony and parade on July 4th at the Madera clubhouse. We invite you to bedeck your convertible or golf cart with patriotic décor and make/attach a sign with your name and branch of service, bring the flag…

JWV March Zoom Meeting

Nancy Stutman On Sunday, March 20, Jewish War Veterans (JWV) Copper State Post 619 welcomes Navy combat veteran Dee Person who served during Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Tune in to learn about the Arizona Coalition for Military Families and Person’s role as manager of their Be Connected Community Engagement Program. The meeting begins…

U. S. Military History: Some U.S. Coast Guard History

Ross Dunfee Lighthouses On Aug. 7, 1789, in the ninth act of the first U.S. Congress, 12 lighthouses were transferred to the federal government, and the United States Lighthouse Establishment (USLHE) was created under the Department of the Treasury, then Revenue, then Treasury. Because of poor management and poor lighting at lighthouses, the Lighthouse Board…

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Ross Dunfee Japan became an aggressor nation near the turn of the 20th century by attacking and winning two wars with China (1894-95 and the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05). Its successful participation in World War I (1914-18) and other military successes helped to fuel its aggressive ambitions. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Japan invaded…