McMullen House for Heroes, Inc

10/20/2026

10/19/2026

Calling all heroes! 🚒🚓🚑 We’re collecting first responder patches from across the country, and we need your help!

In the first responder community, patches are more than just a part of the uniform. They represent service, pride, and the special bond shared by those who dedicate their lives to protecting others. Trading patches is a long-standing tradition that connects first responders across departments and communities.

This December, the Gary Sinise Foundation is bringing families of fallen first responders to Walt Disney World for our annual Disney in December event, and we need your help making it extra special!

Throughout the event, over 700 children will have the opportunity to collect and trade patches from departments across the country. Each patch is a reminder of the incredible community standing behind them and honoring their loved one's service and sacrifice. 💙

Want to send a patch? Please make sure it arrives by Friday, November 13, at:

Gary Sinise Foundation
Attn: National Outreach Team
PO Box 680819
Franklin, TN 37068

Help us remind them that they will always be part of the first responder family! 🇺🇸

10/18/2026

Thank you!!

10/18/2026

In 1952, a Black woman from Virginia traveled to France to give away an invention that the United States government had refused to embrace. She wanted nothing in return. She simply wanted wounded veterans to be able to feed themselves again.

Her name was Bessie Blount Griffin, and she was a physical therapist who had spent years helping soldiers who returned from World War II with devastating injuries.

Many had lost their arms. Others could no longer perform the simplest daily tasks without assistance. Blount believed that restoring independence was just as important as treating physical wounds.

Working in her own kitchen, she developed an extraordinary device: an electrically powered feeding apparatus that delivered food to a person's mouth through a tube. By biting down on a switch, someone without arms could control the delivery of each mouthful.

She patented her invention in 1951.

But when she offered it to the United States Veterans Administration, officials showed little interest. Blount refused to let her work disappear.

In 1952, she traveled to France and transferred the rights to her invention to the French government without payment.

Her achievement was remarkable in an era when Black women faced enormous barriers in medicine, engineering, and patent ownership.

Blount later pursued another extraordinary career in forensic science, becoming a pioneer in handwriting analysis.

She died in 2009 at the age of 95.

America had declined her invention. She gave it to another country rather than abandon the people it could help.

10/18/2026

Tragic for everyone!

🚨 Breaking: A U.S. Air Force airman has lost his life after falling during a rappelling demonstration at San Antonio’s Alamodome on Saturday evening, before UTSA’s annual Salute to Armed Forces and Veterans game against Navy.

He was one of 4 service members rappelling from the stadium’s rafters to the field as part of the pregame ceremony. About halfway down, he slid down the rope out of control and hit the ground hard.

Medical crews treated him on the field, and he was rushed to a hospital with a life-threatening injury. Kickoff was delayed about 10 minutes. Hours later, the Air Force confirmed he had passed away.

He was assigned to Detachment 2 of the 6th Combat Training Squadron, an Air Force unit at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis that trains Tactical Air Control Party airmen, who guide aircraft onto targets from the ground. His name has not been released.

“The incident is under investigation. More information will be released as it becomes available,” a Nellis Air Force Base spokesperson said.

Please keep his family and his fellow airmen in your prayers.

Note: The images in this post are for illustration purposes only and are not from this incident.

10/16/2026

This event is open to everyone on Saturday, and we encourage folks to come by and meet members of the local fire service, our vendors, and various partner agencies outside the fire service that help us make the community safer! This event is free.

10/14/2026

The Army Casualty Assistance Center is reminding people that military honors at funerals are free and no one will call seeking payment or a deposit.