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Tag: Vets Coming Home
Veterans Coming Home | Wilderness Camp
A Veterans organization transforms a former camp in the Adirondacks into a retreat for veterans. Many veterans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan can have a hard time adjusting to life back home. Homeward Bound Adirondacks is a non-profit group that helps Veterans who are having trouble adjusting or suffering from PTSD. For several…
Reviving History
In honor of Memorial Day this week our Veterans Coming Home Series Producer Michael Hansen has the story of an Army Veteran who on a visit to a cemetery found a gravesite almost entirely overgrown with sod & moss. When he peeled it back, he discovered it was a veteran’s marker. That’s how Carl Benware’s…
Honor Flight Takes to Skies Again
Next Saturday, May 18th is Armed Forces Day, one of the days when our nation honors our military heroes who have served. One group that takes that mission to heart is the North Country Honor Flight, which over the past 6 years, has flown nearly 400 veterans to Washington to visit the war memorials built…
THREE EMMY NOMINATIONS FOR MOUNTAIN LAKE PBS!
Mountain Lake PBS is proud to announce three stories from its flagship program MOUNTAIN LAKE JOURNAL have been honored with Emmy nominations in the 42nd Annual Boston/New England Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Nominated in the category of Historic/Cultural Feature or Segment, “Fulton Fryar’s Closet” from Paul Larson’s SPOTLIGHT series explores a relatively unknown story of racial inequality in 1950s Adirondack culture, and how…
Sailor Honored in Malone
Jack LaDuke has the the story of a local veteran recently honored more than 50 years after losing his life in the worst naval disaster in U.S. history. Steve Cayey from Malone, New York, was among the 129 sailors who died in the sinking of the USS Thresher submarine, off the coast of Cape Cod…
Turning A Mess Into A Message
When he was young, planes flew over Scott Aubin’s house everyday out of Plattsburgh’s Strategic Air Command base. He later joined the United States Air Force and became a crew chief. A pair of traumatic accidents while he served left Scott with an alcohol problem and increasingly unable to deal with life at home. He…
Veteran’s Day Programming
Many veterans are still feeling the effects of their service long after they return home. Adjusting to life at home can be difficult for them and their families. Mountain Lake PBS’ ongoing series Veterans Coming Home explores the lives of veterans after they return home. Hear their inspiring stories, and learn how our communities are responding to…
A Vietnam Vet’s Love of Photography
We meet a Vietnam veteran, who discovered a passion for photography, that after the war, turned into a career. Watch Michael Hansen’s Veterans Coming Home story on Clifford Oliver, who as a African-American, faced racism in the Deep South during his time in the service.
VCH | The Falling and The Rising
The Seagle Music Colony will be performing a new opera, at the Strand Center Theatre in Plattsburgh, on October 6th, that’s based on the real-life experiences of wounded veterans coming home. Producer Michael Hansen gives us a look behind the scenes at the making of the opera, and the stories that inspired it. Seagle’s Opera…
This Week On MLJ 09-28-18
A new opera by an ensemble from Seagle Music Colony in Schroon Lake, New York explores the experiences of wounded U.S. Veterans. 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 the journey of a veteran adjusting…
