Veterans United for Freedom

08/27/2024

In Honor Of The Thirteen

13 doorbells are ringing today.
13 flags will be folded.
13 pairs of trembling hands will soon accept those flags beside the grave of their husband, or wife, or son or daughter who lost their life in Afghanistan today.
13 families will never be the same.
Ever
Thoughts and prayers feel insignificant to offer right now. But that’s all we have to offer the families whose worst fears have been realized today.
How many other families are frantically awaiting word of THEIR Marine or other service member?
How many face years of treatments and healing?
How many people are feeling guilty for being relieved that their doorbell did not ring today, even as they attempt to comfort someone whose did?
We wish we could believe it was unavoidable.
But we do not.
May the angels who escorted our heroes to God’s arms return again today to shine some light and grace on the shattered souls left behind.
And may we all hug the people we love just a little bit harder today. 🇺🇸
Copied and pasted from American Snippets.

08/26/2024

1971 – Women's Equality Day commemorates the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. In 1971, after much work, and at the urging of U.S. Representative Bella Abzug (D-NY), Congress designated August 26 each year as “Women’s Equality Day.” This day was selected to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution on August 26, 1920. This amendment granted women the right to vote. This was the culmination of decades of effort by women suffragettes and other groups. Their efforts dated back to first women’s rights convention in 1848 at Seneca Falls, New York.

08/26/2024

2021 – A su***de bombing took place at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, at 17:50 local time (13:20 UTC), during the evacuation from Afghanistan. At least 183 people were killed, including 170 Afghan civilians and 13 members of the United States military, the first American military casualties in the War in Afghanistan since February 2020. The Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-KP) claimed responsibility for the attack.

08/22/2024