Patriotism

Published October 21, 2019

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Former Fraser teacher, Air Force instructor reflects on life

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Bob Bondy has lived quite the life.

Published October 15, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Shores to salute service members on Veterans Day

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — This year, Grosse Pointe Shores will honor residents who are veterans during a special service at City Hall at 11 a.m. Nov. 11, which is Veterans Day.

Published October 11, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Selfridge announces plans for 2020 air show

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — Here’s to “The Next 100 Years.” Every three years, Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township hosts an air show and open house.

Published October 7, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Utica resident, Korean War POW shares his experience

UTICA — The Korean War lasted just over three years. Raymond Shepherd spent all but a couple of months of the conflict as a prisoner of war, or POW.

Published October 4, 2019

Warren Weekly

Vietnam memorial honors those who died, didn’t return

WARREN — More than a dozen Vietnam veterans gathered in the atrium of Warren City Hall Sept. 30 to pay tribute to their fellow service members who couldn’t be there because they didn’t come back.

Ashley Beatty, middle, of Macomb Township, was awarded a scholarship from the Coast Guard Foundation. Beatty is the child of U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Jeffrey Beatty.

Published October 1, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

Macomb Township native awarded Coast Guard scholarship

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — As a way to help U.S. Coast Guard children pursue their goal of higher education, 128 scholarships were awarded Sept. 19 to students across the country.

Senior Master Sgt. Dan Klik, the oldest 127th Wing member, and airman Hailey Brewer, the youngest 127th Wing member, cut the Air Force birthday cake during a ceremony Sept. 18.

Published September 30, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Selfridge celebrates Air Force anniversary

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — A cake-cutting ceremony and steak lunch marked a recent birthday.

Published September 23, 2019

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Local veterans honored with memorial at senior living community in Clinton Township

FRASER/CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Military veterans who reside at Pine Ridge of Garfield got a nice surprise on the morning of Sept. 5.

Published September 20, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Mount Clemens Marine accounted from World War II

MOUNT CLEMENS — Over seven decades after the end of World War II, the remains of a local Marine were still unaccounted for.

Macomb Lutheran North senior Leyna Gatti recited former President George W. Bush’s 9/11 address to the nation as part of the 11th annual Patriot Walk. The remembrance is a collaboration between North and St. Peter Macomb.

Published September 18, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

Macomb Township schools commemorate 9/11

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — The theme of the day was simple: “We still remember.”

The public can enjoy a free visit to a museum as part of Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day promotion. Participating institutions include the Michigan Military Technical and Historical Society Museum in Eastpointe, pictured.

Published September 17, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Museum Day to offer the public a free day of culture, history

EASTPOINTE — People can expand their minds or broaden their horizons for free on Saturday, Sept. 21, thanks to Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day program.

Sterling Heights’ Sterling Insurance Group recently donated $10,000 to Roseville Charity Vets Returning Home, a nonprofit that supports struggling veterans. In addition to a recent monetary donation, several employees of the Sterling Insurance Group volunteer at the Vets Returning Home nonprofit.

Published September 17, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Sterling Heights business makes big donation to Roseville nonprofit

ROSEVILLE — Roseville nonprofit Vets Returning Home recently received a $10,000 donation from Sterling Insurance Group, of Sterling Heights, to help veterans in crisis.

Published September 16, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Pastor shares 9/11 story in Utica

UTICA — When Bill Wrede saw a gaping hole in the north tower of the World Trade Center, he knew it had to have been a major aircraft.

Published September 13, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Harrison Township veteran formally recognized

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — For a long time, Dennis Kostinko said he and countless other Vietnam veterans were poorly treated.

Published September 13, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Golf course memorializes 9/11 with garden

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — With meticulous detail, an ordinary landscape has turned into a memorial. Workers and volunteers at Selfridge Golf Course, situated in the southeast corner at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township, take great pride in a 9/11 memorial garden on hole No. 12.

Published September 13, 2019

C&G Newspapers

National Guard Bureau proposes beddown at Selfridge

MACOMB COUNTY — Around two dozen residents attended a public meeting regarding a possible beddown involving the 127th Wing at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

Published September 9, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Veterans garden vandalized

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Local veterans at the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 129 in Shelby Township are asking why someone would want to vandalize their garden after discovering that it had been vandalized Aug. 26.

Published September 4, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Service to remember 9/11 at The War Memorial

FARMS — It remains one of the most horrific tragedies in American history, and this year The War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms will honor the thousands of lives lost during the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with a free community service on the lakefront back lawn at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 11.

Published September 3, 2019

Troy Times

Troy library program to examine U.S. military cemeteries overseas

TROY — Many U.S. troops who lost their lives in World War I or World War II are buried on foreign soil, near where they fell in battle.

Published August 30, 2019

Farmington Press

18th Patriot Day hopes to keep first responders’ efforts at the forefront

FARMINGTON — Under the new direction of Cmdr. Marya Davis, the Groves-Walker American Legion Post 346 will commemorate the fallen first responders of Sept. 11, veterans, and those currently serving in our nation’s armed forces and local law enforcement agencies during the 18th annual Patriot Day ceremony 6-7 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Riley Park Walter Sundquist Pavilion.