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The history of Knoxville National Cemetery and Memorial Day - AOL
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (390+ words) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – In 1863, Knoxville National Cemetery was established to serve as the final resting place of fallen Union soldiers. The Knoxville Civil War Roundtable spoke with some attendees about the history of the Civil War and Memorial Day after…...
Remembrance ceremony at Knoxville National Cemetery honors service, sacrifice - AOL
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (494+ words) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Knoxville National Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 8,000 U.S. veterans. On Memorial Day, East Tennesseans remembered the sacrifice of those who gave their lives for their country. “In my retirement years, I spent a…...
Boots of Honor Memorial visits Tennessee to honor service members killed since 9/11
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (253+ words) Memories of Honor is bringing its Boots of Honor Memorial to Tennessee for the first time. Memories of Honor, a Franklin, Tennessee non-profit dedicated to the mission of making every day Memorial Day partnered with America 250 to bring ‘Boots of…...
US to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany in next 6 to 12 months
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (449+ words) WASHINGTON — The United States will withdraw about 5,000 service members from Germany in the next six to 12 months, the Pentagon said Friday, fulfilling President Donald Trump's threat as he clashes with the German leader over the U.S. war with Iran. Trump…...
East Tennessee veterans push for full benefits after D.C. trip
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (513+ words) KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A group of East Tennessee veterans is back from Washington, D.C., after taking their fight for expanded military benefits directly to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The group is advocating for the Major Richard Star Act, a bill that…...
Pentagon relaxes mandate for annual influenza vaccine for service members and personnel
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (469+ words) WASHINGTON — U.S. military service members and personnel are no longer obligated to get the annual flu vaccine, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed off on the updated guidance, making the yearly influenza vaccine voluntary in a memo…...
The making of America's first president: George Washington's military, political careers began in Winchester, Va.
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (989+ words) This copy of a 1772 painting of then-Virginia Col. George Washington is made available through the National Archives. Ryan Williams, right, dressed as George Washington talks to visitors to the Washington’s Office Museum. Williams is a lead interpreter at the museum....
The making of America’s first president: George Washington's military, political careers began in Winchester
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1191+ words) The earliest authenticated portrait of George Washington, painted in 1772 by Charles Willson Peale, shows him wearing his colonel's uniform of the Virginia Regiment from the French and Indian War. Ryan Williams, dressed as George Washington, talks to visitors during an…...
The making of America’s first president: George Washington’s military, political careers began in Winchester, Virginia
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (890+ words) WINCHESTER, Va. — Before he was the father of our country, before he led Continental Army soldiers across an icy Delaware River, before he inherited his family’s Mount Vernon estate in Northern Virginia, America’s future first president was just a kid…...
The making of America’s first president: George Washington’s military, political careers began in Winchester, Virginia
5+ mon, 3+ hour ago (890+ words) WINCHESTER, Va. — Before he was the father of our country, before he led Continental Army soldiers across an icy Delaware River, before he inherited his family’s Mount Vernon estate in Northern Virginia, America’s future first president was just a kid…...