On Memorial Day 2023, I had the opportunity to talk with a very special lady, Jeanne Weaver. Jeanne and her husband Donn Weaver are stalwarts in the Veteran Community. Their son, U.S. Army Ranger 1LT Todd Weaver, was killed September 9, 2010, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. […]
Memorial Day, an American holiday observed on the last Monday of May, honors men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. […]
During Memorial Day it is incumbent upon us to reflect on all of those that sacrificed their lives so that we may enjoy our freedom living in the best country on the planet. With the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall recently at Wickham Park in Melbourne, it got me thinking about all of those that sacrificed their lives during that war. […]
As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it; we will not surrender for it – now or ever. Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. […]
WATCH: The 3rd Annual Memorial Day Ceremony, hosted by Erdman Automotive in Cocoa, took place Friday, May 24, under the giant American flag. […]
The 3rd Annual Memorial Day Ceremony, hosted by Erdman Automotive, 4650 FL-520, Cocoa, Florida, will take place Friday, May 24, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., under the giant American flag. […]
Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis hosted over 400 veterans and their families at the Governor’s Mansion to honor the Memorial Day holiday. […]
Memorial Day, an American holiday observed on the last Monday of May, honors men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military. […]
As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it; we will not surrender for it – now or ever. Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. […]
In 1979, just 15 days into his tour of duty with the U.S. Marine Corps at the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Rodney “Rocky” Sickmann became a player in one of the most terrifying events in U.S. history. On November 4, 1979, after months of turmoil marked by the return of the exiled Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun by militants and its employees taken captive. Sergeant Rocky Sickmann, then just 21, was one of 65 Americans taken hostage. Sickmann remained a hostage for 444 days before being released on Jan. 21, 1981. […]
Several years ago, when Mike Erdman Toyota and Nissan moved their facilities to West Cocoa near I-95 on State Road 520, they invited some veteran organizations to assist in raising the new, giant American Flag at that complex. […]
As for the enemies of freedom, those who are potential adversaries, they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it; we will not surrender for it – now or ever. Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. […]
