by Commander | Jun 24, 2019 | News
Tune in on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Emmett Casciato will be honored on TV with Caring for the Carolina’s Award On Tuesday, June 25 at 12:30 pm, please tune in to WSPA-TV, (CBS Channel 7, Spartanburg), when museum curator Emmett Casciato will receive the...
by Commander | Jun 13, 2019 | News
Brevard Music Center Partners with 51 to Honor 51 at July 4 Pendergrast Family Patriot Pops Concert Join members of the 51 and your fellow veterans for an explosive afternoon of family...
by Commander | Jun 5, 2019 | News
D-Day Paratrooper Charles Dickson holding his WWII photo Ray Pegram with French Medal of Honor given on June 6, 2016 on Utah Beach, France D-Day Veteran Lawrence Hoffman remembers Eisenhower’s timing of the D-Day invasion, as shown on this 1944 newspaper D-Day...
by Commander | Jun 5, 2019 | News
Flat Rock, NC resident George Sarros was a motor machinist on LST (Landing Ship, Transport) 515 when his ship and more than 1000 others invaded the coast of Normandy in the dark, early-morning hours of June 6, 1944. Delivering troops, tanks, and ambulances to the...
by Commander | May 18, 2019 | News
On Tuesday evening, May 14, members of the Waightstill Avery Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and their guests convened at Lola’s Old Hickory House for dinner and the organization’s installation of officers for 2019-2021. The business meeting...
by Commander | May 6, 2019 | News
Door Gunner David Smale’s Lecture “Scramble the Seawolves” Draws Large AudienceOn Thursday, April 25, Brevard resident David Smale told stories of his Vietnam experience asdoor gunner and Crew Chief with the Navy’s first and only dedicated attack helicopter...