My Father’s War Stories Shared to Honor Veterans

On the occasion of Veterans Day 2009, I pay honor to those who’ve served and/or paid the ultimate price in service to their country by publishing a series of war stories that holds a special value in my heart, because they were written by my father, Ted. He served as a...

Memorial Day Tradition Celebrates Third Year

By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com For the third consecutive year, I’ve chosen the days leading up to Memorial Day as appropriate for honoring all of those who paid the ultimate price in service to their country by...

One-Room School Offers Valuable Lessons

Few can argue about the need to improve the nation’s public education system. Unfortunately, those in charge of making those improvements -- notably, President Barack Obama and members of the...

Normandy Invasion Remembered

Sixty-four years ago, 156,000 troops — including many black soldiers like the ones shown above — landed on the Normandy coast of France in the largest invasion force in history. They moved upon the...

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