The first Veterans Day celebration occurred on Nov. 11, 1919 to honor the end of fighting in World War I. Known as Armistice Day, warring countries agreed to a cease-fire “on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at the eleventh hour.” Europe and the British Commonwealth still encourage its ...
There’s the road you travel, there’s the “road not taken,” as so eloquently written about by poet Robert Frost, and in Clark County there is also the road that takes you straight into the dirt. It’s the new Roots to Road program. The pilot program, developed by Partners in Careers, in collaboration with ...
For three veterans, a garden gave them a reason to wake up in the morning. The pilot program Roots to Road, created by Partners in Careers and Clark County, taught three local veterans as much about themselves as about gardening. Their six-month experience fed their spirits and nourished their bodies. ...
Back in 1961, when retired Vancouver high school teacher Michael Harding was on the Columbia River High School swim team, he and his teammates practiced in a small, frigid swimming pool in the basement of what is now old city hall. “It was terrible, but we came to find out ...
Listen to an audio podcast of this video here: Every Fourth of July our nation commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It is a day known for firework shows and family picnics. In honor of Independence Day, we asked a few Clark County veterans to reflect ...
Listen to an audio podcast of this performance here: Retired Navy veteran Steven Schaljo was a jazz studio music major right out of high school. Schaljo started playing “Taps” when he noticed military honor guards returning from funerals with a boombox. At a time when many World War II veterans ...
Steven Schaljo sat down with us and shared his experience working at the Veterans Administration. He offers a first-hand view of the support services veterans can access here in Vancouver. Schaljo is a work/study, part-time employee with the VA through the post 911 GI Bill. He’s completing his bachelor’s degree ...
Vancouver City Council member and U.S. Army veteran Larry Smith talks about Memorial Day 2011 at the Vancouver Barracks. Smith is a member of the Community Military Appreciation Committee (CMAC), which plans and organizes community-wide events to honor local veterans. Military holidays the group highlights include Memorial Day, Veterans Day, ...
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