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Honoring & Observing Veterans Day
Each year on November 11th Americans observe Veterans Day — a day dedicated to honoring veterans; people who have served or are currently serving in the US military. Originally known as Armistice Day, the holiday was created in 1918 to mark the end of WWI and truce between the Allied countries and German. This day…
Commemorating & Observing Veterans Day
Each year on November 11th Americans observe Veterans Day — a day dedicated to honoring veterans; people who have served or are currently serving in the US military. Originally known as Armistice Day, the holiday was created in 1918 to mark the end of WWI and truce between the Allied countries and German. This day…
Adirondack craftsman creates Northern Red Oak flagpoles
A retired Marine from the North Country has become known across America for his hand-crafted flagpoles. Danny Kaifetz uses red oak from the Adirondacks to create his beautiful wooden flagpoles.
Local vets fly to see the memorials that honor them for the first time
North Country Honor Flight took 15 Veterans to Washington, D.C. on October 20th to visit the memorials in their honor. Hundreds gathered on the Oval of the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base to give the veterans a huge send-off, including a parade to Plattsburgh International Airport. The veterans were greeted by more than 100 people…
A New Film Explores the Story of a Local Soldier Who Never Came Home
A new film premiering next week tells the story of a young marine from Mineville, New York, who died in Vietnam. The documentary also reveals the unusual memorial his friends and neighbors have preserved for 50-years in his honor. Marcus Stoddard left a can of beer at the garage in Port Henry where he worked…
Pete Conroy | My Lai Exhibit | Bonus Interview
Vietnam Vet Pete Conroy discusses his life after the war and how he related to civilians who protested the war in a bonus clip.
VCH – My Lai Memorial
One of the darkest chapters of the Vietnam War was the My Lai Massacre. On the 50th anniversary this past fall a Memorial Exhibit was put on display at the Grange Hall in Whallonsburg, New York to remember the thousands of Vietnamese people who were executed, and the cover-up. Veterans Coming Home Producer Michael Hansen…
The Falling and The Rising: New Seagle Music Colony Opera
Seagle Music Colony is excited to be a co-commissioner of this important new opera that explores the experiences of wounded US Veterans — The Falling and The Rising. Based on the real-life experiences of returning veterans, The Falling and The Rising follows the triumph and struggle of veterans returning home from deployment. The opera explores…
Veterans Coming Home | When I Returned
Vets find telling their stories through comics is a way to share their experiences. Watch more original Mountain Lake PBS stories about veterans on our website: https://mountainlake.org//2024dev/vets Veterans Coming Home is made possible with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with local support from the Cloudsplitter Foundation and Twinstate Technologies.
An Unique War Memorial
We look at a new documentary on an unusual memorial preserved for nearly 50-years by the community of Port Henry, NY in memory of a Marine killed in Vietnam. Watch the trailer for the film called “When I Come Home” — here: https://vimeo.com/242862950 Also, check out the Facebook fanpage for the documentary which includes a…
