The Wall: Post Your Message to Veterans

Post a picture, poem or comment about the veterans in your life and in our country.

Chances are you know a veteran. There are more than 21.8 million of them in the United States, according to the 2010 Census. Each year, on Nov. 11, the country honors their service … please add your pictures, comments, stories and memories about your service, or about the veterans in your life. Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation in 1954 to change the name to Veterans Day as a way to honor those who served in all American wars. The number of military veterans in the United States in 2010. The number …

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Bill Sugra Memorial Golf Outing Marks Its 10th Year

The golf outing is held every year to honor the late Bill Sugra of Salisbury Township, who died Sept. 11 at the World Trade Center.

The Sugra family of Salisbury Township held its annual Bill Sugra Memorial Golf Outing on Friday, August 26th at Green Pond Country Club in Bethlehem Township. The family has been holding the annual fundraiser in honor of their son and brother, Bill Sugra, who died in the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11, 2001. This year, the family expects to distribute around $88,000 to local charitable organizations, bringing their 10-year total to more than $300,000 given in honor of their son.

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Veterans Benefits Expo at Lehigh Carbon Community College

U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent to host Veterans Resource Expo to educate veterans, particularly those returning from Iraq or Afghanistan, about benefits available to them through government agencies.

U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent will host a Veterans Resource Expo Saturday, July 23 for local veterans and their families at Lehigh Carbon Community College's Community Service Center from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. The event is designed to educate veterans, particularly those recently returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan, about benefits available to them through government agencies. These include  education, disability, compensation, and other applicable entitlements. Representatives from county, state, and federal veterans’ affairs departments will be on hand to explain their agency’s role in the benefit process and describe the various services they provide veterans and their families. Additionally, representatives from the U.S. Small Business …

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Week in Review: May 15-21

Catch up on stories you might have missed last week on Salisbury Patch.

  Sunday, May 15 Week in Review: May 8-14 Salisbury High School Prom Monday, May 16 Salisbury Patch Editor Remembers Afghanistan Salisbury Barber Shop Closing Tuesday, May 17 Salisbury Mom Sentenced for Selling Meth Wednesday, May 18 Michael Pochron and Linda Minger Will Face Off for District Judge Seat GOP Slate Wins Big, Browning Loses Thursday, May 19 School Vouchers, Part 2 Scheeler Pleads Guilty in Exchange Student Sex Tape Case Friday, May 20 Osborne Declares Victory Over Najarian "Bridesmaids" is Touching, Hysterical Saturday, May 21 The Seed Farm Preserves Agricultural Way of Life Missing Teens Found Safe After Suicide Scare        

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Salisbury Patch Editor Remembers Afghanistan

The U.S. hadn’t finished the job but now was redeploying resources to Iraq.

The news of Osama bin Laden’s death brought back memories of the time I reported from Afghanistan eight years ago.  Afghanistan was not my original assignment. It was March 2003 and the United States had just invaded Iraq. Afghanistan had been knocked off the front page, the nation’s attention was focused on this new war and we had a new public enemy. Afghanistan, the Taliban, Osama bin Laden, that was old news. I was working for The Morning Call at the time and was selected to be embedded with a Pennsylvania National Guard unit based in Allentown. After months of preparation, we were all set to go to Iraq. I had been sent to train with British soldiers for a week. That meant learning what to do in a poison gas attack, how to behave at …

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Wendy Solomon

10:11 pm on Thursday, May 19, 2011

Thanks, Pam. As a fellow journalist who's been to Afghanistan, I knew you could relate.   more ›